Recommended reading - Kubrick: The Definitive Edition

Kubrick: The Definitive Edition

by Michel Ciment.
 
Published by Faber & Faber.
Published 2001.
 
ISBN-10: 0571199860
ISBN-13: 978-0571199860
 
Description:

"Michel Ciment's Kubrick: The Definitive Edition remains the best work on the great director. Through it we get a glimpse into a working method that was unique in the cinema. It is a fascinating blend of interviews and analysis."

– Joel Coen.

"This final edition of Michel Ciment's definitive book is an invaluable resource."

– Martin Scorsese.

If Stanley Kubrick had made only 2001: A Space Odyssey or Dr. Strangelove, his cinematic legacy would have been assured. But from his first feature film, Fear and Desire, to the posthumously released Eyes Wide Shut, Kubrick created an accomplished body of work unique in its scope, diversity, and artistry, and by turns both lauded and controversial.

In this fully revised and definitive edition of his now classic study, film critic Michel Ciment provides an insightful examination of Kubrick’s thirteen films --- including such favorites as Lolita, A Clockwork Orange, and Full Metal Jacket --- alongside an assemblage of more than four hundred photographs that form a complementary photo essay. Rounding out this unique work are a short biography of Kubrick; rare interviews that were held with the usually reticent director, as well as with cast and crew members, including Malcolm McDowell, Shelley Duvall, and Jack Nicholson; and a detailed filmography and bibliography.

Meshed with masterful integrity, the book’s text and illustrations pay homage to one of the most visionary, original, and demanding filmmakers of our time.

Born on this day – Michel Ciment:

 

Michel Ciment

Writer

May 26, 1938 – November 13, 2023

Credits:

Books:

Boorman: un visionnaire en son temps (1985); Film World / anthology of interviews (2009); Fritz Lang: le meurtre et la loi (2003); Kazan par Kazan (1973); Kubrick: The Definitive Edition (2001); Le crime à l'écran: Une histoire de l'Amérique (1992); Le Dossier Rosi (1976); Le Livre de Losey (1979); Passeport pour Hollywood: entretiens avec Wilder, Huston, Mankiewicz, Polanski, Forman & Wenders (1992); Petite planète cinématographique (2003); Stanley Kubrick (1980); Theo Angelopoulos (1989).

Movies and television:

À contre-temps (2009); À voix nue: grands entretiens d'hier et d'aujourd'hui (2011); Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living (2003); About the Salesman (2018); Alain Corneau, du noir au bleu (2006); All About Mankiewicz (1983); Allemaal film (2007); Apostrophes (1985); Bouillon de culture (1993); Café Picouly (2011); Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010); Ce soir (ou jamais!);  (2007); Ciné regards (1978–1981); Cinéphiles de notre temps (2012); Crítico (2008); Dans les oreilles d'Alain Resnais (2020); Droit de réponse: l'esprit de contradiction (1982); Elia Kazan: An Outsider (1982); Épreuves d'artistes (2004); Exposed (1983); Filmmakers Talking: The Making of 'The Boys' (2003); Francesco Rosi: Chronique D'un Film Annonce (1986); Grand écran (1974); Il cineasta e il labirinto (2004); Il cinema ritrovato: istruzioni per l'uso (2004); Il était une fois... (2011 / 2021); Je t'aime... moi non plus: Artistes et critiques (2004); Jerry Schatzberg, portrait paysage (2022); Jo le magnifique (2005); King Social Briars / The Media Show (1988); Kubrick by Kubrick (2020); L'aventure Spielberg (2003); Le cercle de minuit (1994–1997); Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois (2004); Le masque et la plume (1976); Les Nuits de France Culture (2017–2023); L'invité de FR3 (1981); Lumière and Company (1995); Macadam Popcorn (2017); Metropolis (1996); Michel Ciment, le cinéma en partage (2010); Nos italiennes, de Magnani à Muti (2022); O Homem que Matou John Wayne (2015); Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema (2007); Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder (1980); Positif, une revue (2003); Seduced and Abandoned (2013); Sortie d'usine 2017 (2017); Spécial cinéma (1987); Stanley and Us (1999); Stanleyandus (2022); Success Is the Best Revenge (1984); Trace of the Bears (2010); Un Américain nommé Kazan (2018); Von (2008); Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake (1978).