Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of His Final Film
Robert P. Kolker and Nathan Abrams
Abstract
Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut is a complex, visually arresting film about domesticity, sexual disturbance, and dreams. It was on the director’s mind for some 50 years before he finally put it into production. Using materials from the Stanley Kubrick Archive at the University of the Arts, London, as well as other archives, combined with interviews with key participants involved in the production, the authors construct an archeology and appreciation of this enigmatic work and its creator. This book traces the progress of the film from its origins through its completion, reception, and afterli ... More
Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut is a complex, visually arresting film about domesticity, sexual disturbance, and dreams. It was on the director’s mind for some 50 years before he finally put it into production. Using materials from the Stanley Kubrick Archive at the University of the Arts, London, as well as other archives, combined with interviews with key participants involved in the production, the authors construct an archeology and appreciation of this enigmatic work and its creator. This book traces the progress of the film from its origins through its completion, reception, and afterlife, and provide a new critical reading of the film.
Keywords:
Stanley Kubrick,
Eyes Wide Shut,
Kubrick Archive,
University of the Arts,
biography,
enigmatic
Bibliographic Information
Print publication date: 2019 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780190678029 |
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: June 2019 |
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190678029.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Robert P. Kolker, author
Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland
Nathan Abrams, author
Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University
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