Kubrick's Men - by Richard Rambuss (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A provocative re-reading of Stanley Kubrick's work and its focus on masculine desire</b> <p/>The work of Stanley Kubrick amounts to a sustained reflection on the male condition: past, present, and future. The persistent theme of his filmmaking is less violence or sex than it is the pressurized exertion of masculinity in unusual or extreme circumstances, where it may be taxed or exaggerated to various effects, tragic and comic--or metamorphosed, distorted, and even undone. <p/>The stories that Kubrick's movies tell range from global nuclear politics to the unpredictable sexual dynamics of a marriage; from a day in the life of a New York City prizefighter preparing for a nighttime bout to the evolution of humankind. These male melodramas center on sociality and asociality. They feature male doubles, pairs, and rivals. They explore the romance of men and their machines, and men as machines. They figure intensely conflicted forms of male sexual desire. And they are also very much about male manners, style, taste, and art. <p/>Examining the formal, thematic, and theoretical affiliations between Kubrick's three bodies of work--his photographs, his documentaries, and his feature films--<i>Kubrick's Men</i> offers new vantages on to the question of gender and sexuality, including the first extended treatment of homosexuality in Kubrick's male-oriented work.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A valuable resource for those interested in masculinity in US culture as well as scholars of Kubrick and film generally. High recommended.-- "Choice"<br><br><p><i>Kubrick's Men</i> is a bold, original, and richly textured study of one of the twentieth century's most important and influential filmmakers. With astonishing detail, Rambuss traces Kubrick's preoccupation with masculinities on the verge of coming undone.</p><b>---Robert J. Corber, author of Cold War Femme: Lesbianism, National Identity, and Hollywood Cinema, <i></i></b><br><br>I devoured these pages. With <i>Kubrick's Men</i> we discover a full and impressive display of Rambuss's multidimensional and natural erudition. This masterful blend of the learned and the popular brings Kubrick's male characters alive in novel, enlightening, and even dangerous ways. To read this work is to watch anew a master artist of the twentieth century.<b>---Anthony Swofford, author of Jarhead, <i></i></b><br>
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