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Stanley Kubrick | | Birth Date: |
July 26, 1928 | | Death Date: |
March 7, 1999 | | Place of Birth: |
New York, New York, United States | | Place of Death: |
Hertfordshire, England | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
filmmaker, director, producer, writer |
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 Biography of Stanley Kubrick
6586 words, approx. 22 pages
 In a career spanning nearly half a century, a director might be expected to create one or perhaps two memorable films. However, by the time of his death in 1999, screenwriter-director Stanley Kubrick was credited with at least half a dozen groundbreaking... summary from source:
 Biography of Stanley Kubrick
3440 words, approx. 11.5 pages
Stanley Kubrick is an exceptional filmmaker whose control over his films is so complete that it extends from the supervision of every production detail to the planning of elaborate advertising and distribution campaigns; from the film editing to the insp... summary from source:
 Biography of Stanley Kubrick
2165 words, approx. 7.2 pages
Although he first won acclaim for films he made during the 1950s such as Spartacus and Lolita, director Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) is best known for his later work, including Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Paths of Glory Information
2,326 words, approx. 8 pages
 <i>Paths of Glory</i> (1957) is an anti-war black and white film by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference">[1]</sup> The book had no title when it was finished, so the publisher held a...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Gavin Lambert
279 words, approx. 1 pages
There is much in [Paths of Glory] that powerfully illustrates the physical horrors of war, but even more impressive and frightening is the study of its social structure. The world seems cruelly divided into the leaders and the led. The officers conduct their foxy intrigues in the elegant rooms of a great chateau, and the setting somehow emphasizes their indifference to human life. The men go to the trenches and into battle as in peace-time they went to offices or factories. The sequence of the attack itself... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Jonathan Baumbach
273 words, approx. 1 pages
In an age characterized on the one hand by a cult of happy mediocrity and on the other by the growing power, prestige, and necessity of the military, Paths of Glory is a specter from our unsophisticated past…. Directed with obvious sincerity and restraint, Paths of Glory is an explosion upon our consciousness. The locale is France and the time is 1916 but the film has an insistent immediacy that is at once stunning and upsetting. Though unfashionable it is timely and also timeless, the especial quali...
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