From 1945 to 1950, during the formative years of his career, Stanley Kubrick worked as a photojournalist for Look magazine. Offering a comprehensive examination of the work he produced during this period - before going on to become one of America's most celebrated filmmakers - Stanley Kubrick at Look Magazine sheds new light on the aesthetic and ideological factors that shaped his artistic voice. Tracing the links between his photojournalism and films, Philippe Mather shows how working at Look fostered Kubrick's emerging genius for combining images and words to tell a story. Mather then demonstrates how exploring these links enhances our understanding of Kubrick's approach to narrative structure - as well as his distinctive combinations of such genres as fiction and documentary and fantasy and realism.

About the Author

Philippe Mather is an associate professor of media studies at the University of Regina, Canada.

Reviews

'A fascinating book'

-- PictureVille, Mark Moran

'By exploring the images captured by the teenager standing behind the still photography lens, 'Stanley Kubrick at Look Magazine' brings more into focus the creative decisions made by the filmmaker as an adult.'

-- Flickering Myth, Trevor Hogg

'Detailed and at times broad, it is fervently written and researched, and uncovers the sources of the 'Kubrickian worldview' whose origins have seldom been studied, nor particularly established.'

-- Edward Frost for Cine Vue

'Mather provides valuable background on the practices and conventions of 'Look' and other post-war magazines, contextualising Kubrick's photo-stories before analysing them aesthetically'

-- Matthew Hunt, Dateline Bangkok



Book Information
ISBN 9781841506111
Author Philippe D. Mather
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Intellect Books
Publisher Intellect Books
Weight(grams) 531g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 18mm