Download or read book Communication in Stanley Kubrick s Eyes Wide Shut written by Benjamin Althaus and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2004-11-18 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Film Science, grade: 2,0 (B), University of Cologne (English Seminar), course: Film Makers at Work, language: English, abstract: Film has for a long time been neglected as an art: Sophisticated analysis has mainly been dealing with written literature as ‘the real thing’. In recent years the making of films has become more and more accepted as an art. Films are analysed and dealt with at universities and have become an essential part of school curricula. Nowadays cinematic theory is treated equally to written literature and “as a fully matured art, film is no longer a separate enterprise but an integrated pattern in the warp and woof of our culture” . In order to develop an ability to understand this art one has to learn to read its codes and interpret their meaning. The following paper will deal with the role of communication in film and examine different levels on which filmic articulation takes place. Communication is an indispensable element for films, not only do characters communicate on the level of the plot but also the process of creating, showing and perceiving a film can be regarded as communication. It is this communication that allows the course of an action to be told and understood in the first place. A film is information, it is a message that is transmitted to a recipient, i.e. the audience. There are, however, problems to define who the sender of this message is. In Chapter 2 of this essay I will try to find a solution to this problem. Chapter 3 will put a focus on communication between the characters in this movie including some ways of non-verbal communication. Chapter 4 deals with a special way of communication which is a central point in Kubrick’s film: I will show how the unconscious can send messages to the conscious and how these messages can be interpreted. A lot of parallels can be drawn between film and written literature. There are, however, some vital differences between the two genres. I will therefore make general comparisons between the language of books and that of cinema where it appears important and promotes understanding. I will apply examples from the movie “Eyes Wide Shut” (1999) by Stanley Kubrick to illustrate the theoretical approaches of my work. The main points of this paper are summarised in a conclusion in Chapter 5.
Download or read book On Kubrick written by James Naremore and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Kubrick provides an illuminating critical account of the films of Stanley Kubrick, from his earliest feature, Fear and Desire (1953), to the posthumously-produced A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001). The book offers provocative analysis of each of Kubrick's films, together with new information about their production histories and cultural contexts. Its ultimate aim is to provide a concise yet thorough discussion that will be useful as both an academic text and a trade publication. James Naremore argues that in several respects Kubrick was one of the cinema's last modernists: his taste and sensibility were shaped by the artistic culture of New York in the 1950s; he became a celebrated auteur who forged a distinctive style; he used art-cinema conventions in commercial productions; he challenged censorship regulations; and throughout his career he was preoccupied with one of the central themes of modernist art – the conflict between rationality and its ever-present shadow, the unconscious. War and science are key concerns in Kubrick's oeuvre, and his work has a hyper-masculine quality. Yet no director has more relentlessly emphasized the absurdity of combat, as in Paths of Glory (1957) and Full Metal Jacket (1987), the failure of scientific reasoning, as in 2001 (1968), and the fascistic impulses in masculine sexuality, as in Dr Strangelove (1964) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999). The book also argues that while Kubrick was a voracious intellectual and a life-long autodidact, the fascination of his work has less to do with the ideas it espouses than with the emotions it evokes. Often described as 'cool' or 'cold,' Kubrick is best understood as a skillful practitioner of what might be called the aesthetics of the grotesque; he employs extreme forms of caricature and black comedy to create disgusting, frightening yet also laughable images of the human body, creating a sense of unease that leaves viewers unsure of how to react.
Download or read book Stanley Kubrick Eyes Wide Shut written by Suzana Dulabic and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2005-01-25 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Film und Fernsehen, Note: 1,3, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Veranstaltung: Stanley Kubricks Filme im Spannungsfeld zwischen Genre und Autorenfilm, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit Stanley Kubricks Film Eyes Wide Shut, der im Juli des Jahres 1999 Premiere hatte. Es ist der letzte Film von Stanley Kubrick, den er in die Kinos brachte. Seit Full Metal Jacket, dem vorangehenden Film, waren zwölf Jahre vergangen. Eine ironische Anspielung hierauf ist das Autonummernschild des Protagonisten in Eyes Wide Shut, das die Zahlen „9987“, also die Erscheinungsjahre beider Filme, trägt. Diese für Kubrick untypisch lange Zeit war der Presse ein willkommener Grund für viele Spekulationen, warum er nicht dreht und was er wohl in der Zwischenzeit tut. Bekannt ist, dass er in dieser Zeit zwei Projekte konkret in Angriff genommen hatte, beide aber wieder abgebrochen hatte. Eines davon war der Film Aryan Papers nach dem Roman „Wartime Lies“ von Louis Begley, in dem die Geschichte einer jüdischen Familie während der Nazizeit erzählt wird. Wahrscheinlich beendete Kubrick seine bereits weit vorangeschrittene Arbeit wegen der thematischen Nähe zu Steven Spielbergs Schindlers Liste, der fast zur gleichen Zeit entstand. Die andere Idee war der Film A I. über Künstliche Intelligenz nach der Kurzgeschichte „Supertoys Last All Summer Long“ von Bran Aldiss. Doch auch dieses Projekt wurde kurz vor Drehbeginn wieder abgeblasen. Mithilfe der hinterlassene n Drehbuchentwürfe wurde der Film nach Kubricks Tod dann doch von seinem Freund Steven Spielberg realisiert und unter dem ursprünglich geplanten Titel herausgebracht. Es gibt Gerüchte von einigen anderen Ideen, die zwischen 1990 und 1994 in Arbeit waren, doch letztendlich entschied sich Kubrick dafür, sein altes Lieblingsprojekt, die „Traumnovelle“ von Arthur Schnitzler, deren Filmrechte er schon seit 1971 besaß, endlich zu verfilmen. 1995 kündigte Warner Brothers den neuen Kubrick-Film Eyes Wide Shut an, für dessen Hauptrollen Kubrick nur ein Schauspieler-Ehepaar wollte. Die Wahl fiel auf Tom Cruise und Nicole Kidman. Möglicherweise war diese Wahl so zu begründen, dass Kubrick wusste, dass ihm ein derartiges Star-Ehepaar den Zugang zu einem Massenpublikum ermöglicht. Im Jahr 1997 begannen schließlich die Dreharbeiten, die sich über mehr als 15 Monate hinzogen und 65 Millionen Dollar verschlangen.
Download or read book Symbols in Stanley Kubrick s Movie Eyes Wide Shut written by Carolin Ruwe and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eyes Wide Shut is open to several interpretations, none of which fits perfectly to all parts and aspects of the film. And this is exactly what makes the movie so intriguing: its ambiguity and loose ends, which leave interpretation to the viewer.
Download or read book Stanley Kubrick Eyes wide shut written by Simone Ciaruffoli and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dream Story written by Arthur Schnitzler and published by Penguin Classics. This book was released on 2023-02-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Her fragrant body and burning red lips' A married couple reveal their darkest sexual fantasies to each other, in this erotic psychodrama of infidelity, transgression and decadence in early twentieth-century Vienna. Ten new titles in the colourful, small-format, portable new Pocket Penguins series
Download or read book Eyes Wide Shut written by Robert P. Kolker and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019-06-05 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty years since its release, Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut remains 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 the Stanley Kubrick Archive at the University of the Arts, London, and interviews with participants in the production, the authors create an archeology of the film that traces the progress of the film from its origins to its completion, reception, and afterlife. The book is also an appreciation of this enigmatic work and its equally enigmatic creator.
Download or read book Eyes Wide Open written by Frederic Raphael and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oscar-winning screenwriter who spent two years working with Stanley Kubrick on "Eyes Wide Shut" now tells the intimate story of the film's creation.
Download or read book Eyes Wide Shut written by Nathan Abrams and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty years after its release, Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut remains a complex, visually arresting film about marriage, jealousy, domesticity, adultery, sexual disturbance, and dreams. This was the final enigmatic work from its equally enigmatic creator. It has left an indelible mark on our popular culture and remains as relevant as ever. Much maligned and much misunderstood when it first came out, Eyes Wide Shut has since been the subject of an animated debate and discussion among critics, fans and academics. It has been explored from a wide variety of disciplines and methodological perspectives. This collection brings scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds together with those who worked on the film to explore Eyes Wide Shut’s legacy, discuss its impact, and consider its position within Kubrick’s oeuvre and the wider visual and socio-political culture.
Download or read book The Shadow Knows written by Diane Johnson and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1982 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of violent happenings add to a young woman's conviction that she is going to be murdered
Download or read book Eyes Wide Shut Kubrick written by Simone Ciaruffoli and published by Edizioni Falsopiano. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L'ultimo film girato da Stanley Kubrick, con Tom Cruise e Nicole Kidman, analizzato con competenza e passione. Tutti i risvolti della trama, i rapporti con il pre-testo letterario, le scene chiave di un grande film
Download or read book Stanley Kubrick and Me written by Emilio D'Alessandro and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This intimate portrait by his former personal assistant and confidante reveals the man behind the legendary filmmaker—for the first time. Stanley Kubrick, the director of a string of timeless movies from Lolita and Dr. Strangelove to A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Full Metal Jacket, and others, has always been depicted by the media as the Howard Hughes of filmmakers, a weird artist obsessed with his work and privacy to the point of madness. But who was he really? Emilio D'Alessandro lets us see. A former Formula Ford driver who was a minicab chauffeur in London during the Swinging Sixties, he took a job driving a giant phallus through the city that became his introduction to the director. Honest, reliable, and ready to take on any task, Emilio found his way into Kubrick's neurotic, obsessive heart. He became his personal assistant, his right-hand man and confidant, working for him from A Clockwork Orange until Kubrick's death in 1999. Emilio was the silent guy in the room when the script for The Shining was discussed. He still has the coat Jack Nicholson used in the movie. He was an extra on the set of Eyes Wide Shut, Kubrick's last movie. He knew all the actors and producers Kubrick worked with; he observed firsthand Kubrick's working methods down to the smallest detail. Making no claim of expertise in cinematography but with plenty of anecdotes, he offers a completely fresh perspective on the artist and a warm, affecting portrait of a generous, kind, caring man who was a perfectionist in work and life.
Download or read book The Wolf at the Door written by Graham Shelby and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The country needs a strong king in this thrilling historical adventure of The Crusader Knights As Richard Coeur de Lion’s empire crumbles and castle after castle falls to the French, there is one man who can save England – but King John will not send for him. England is in disarray: William Marshal, the King’s battle-scarred champion is left to dally at home with his new wife. King John himself is newly wed to Isabell of Angoulême, who will vie to outdo her husband with cruelty and spite. Called Lackland by some, as a measure of his wealth, Soft-sword by others, as the measure of his military prowess, King John is reckoned a poor choice to succeed his heroic brother, Richard the Lionhearted. But his terrible cunning can strike fear into the heart of the most courageous of men... The fifth fascinating instalment of The Crusader Knights Cycle is perfect for fans of David Gilman and Bernard Cornwell. ‘Vivid visual moments and all the technology of medieval warfare’ Observer
Download or read book Eyes Wide Shut written by Michel Chion and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stanley Kubrick died on 7 March 1999 at his Hertfordshire home, having finished the editing of his last film. Eyes Wide Shut was released later that year. Adapted from Arthur Schnitzler's 1926 Viennese novel Dream Story, relocated and updated to contemporary Manhattan, Eyes Wide Shut stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as a prosperous couple whose marriage is tested in the aftermath a series of sinister events. The film baffled many of its first audiences. It had all the lavish attention to detail of a Kubrick film but it seemed slow, enigmatic, too much of a dream. Michel Chion's extraordinary study of Eyes Wide Shut makes the case that it is one of Kubrick's masterpieces and a fitting testament. To appreciate this, though, it is necessary to look at what happens on the screen without bringing preconceptions to bear. The film needs to be taken at face value. Looked at this way, Eyes Wide Shut reveals itself to be a deeply moving film about characters who are not so different from real people, a film about life in which questions of meaning and motive lose their value.
Download or read book The Stanley Kubrick Archives written by Alison Castle and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive exploration of American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick's cinematic life's work and creative process featuring film stills, articles and essays by Kubrick and Kubrick scholars, letters, interviews, notes, and photographs.
Download or read book A Cinema of Loneliness written by Robert Kolker and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this updated and expanded version of this classic study of contemporary American film, Kolker reassesses the landscape of American cinema over the past decade, as he examines works like Munich, A Prairie Home Companion, The Departed, and Funny People, in addition to classics by Arthur Penn, Stanley Kubrick, and Robert Altman.
Download or read book Stanley Kubrick written by Frederic Michael Raphael and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
