In 1968, when Stanley Kubrick was asked to comment on the metaphysical meaning of 2001: A Space Odyssey, he replied: “It’s not a message I intended to express in words. 2001 is a nonverbal experience […]. I tried to create a visual experience that would penetrate directly into the subconscious with emotional and philosophical content.”
Available for the first time in our Bibliotheca Universalis series, The Personal Archives of Stanley Kubrick stays true to the director’s philosophy. From the opening sequence of The Killing to the final frames of Eyes Wide Shut, the masterful visual style of his films impresses, with their hypnotic and fascinating fixed-shot sequences. We also reveal Kubrick’s creative process through unique archival material, such as set designs, sketches, correspondence, documents, scripts, drafts, notes, and shooting schedules.
The visual and documentary material is accompanied by expert texts on Kubrick’s figure, articles written by the filmmaker and others about him, as well as a selection of his best interviews. The result is a visual, documentary, and rigorous journey through these 20th-century cinematic masterpieces and the privileged mind of the man who conceived them.
