Kubrick grew up in the Bronx, the son of a doctor. From a young age, he was passionate about photography, chess and, above all, cinema. He is a self-taught filmmaker and self-identified outsider, and his films exist in a unique world of their own outside of the Hollywood mainstream. Kubrick’s Jewish nature played an important role in his ideas about seeing himself as an outsider. Haunted by rebellion against authority, war, and male violence, Kubrick himself is a calm, composed creator and talkative, always curious, immersed in friends and family. family.
Mikics first explored the personal side of Kubrick’s films.

Kubrick is a fascinating character let alone a filmmaker, but to the general public, he is an introvert. To Kubrick’s friends, co-workers, and family, he can be emotionally available and intimate. The book seeks to map out the hidden Kubrick and make him accessible but there are too many icebergs still under the water. Melding Kubrick’s life journey to his films is the true achievement of this book. The exploration of his films sometimes seems to narrow the creator down, but maybe that’s because Kubrick’s films are still so extraordinary. Like Hitchcock, it is nearly impossible to separate the artist from his art but the book achieves this to a gratifying degree. However, Kubrick is much more than we’ve ever known.

This book is disappointing. I find it shallow and pretentious. The director is a fascinating and mysterious person but this book is a compilation of what can easily be found on the internet. The intended audience is going to be a fan of Kubrick’s movies so the re-presentation of plot points is boring. We already know that. Most of the time, analytics is said to be artificially intelligent. If there are interesting details that are not known to many people, it can be more interesting.

• Stanley Kubrick

• American Filmmaker (Jewish Lives Series)
• By: David Mikics