The Stanley Kubrick Archives

-The Stanley Kubrick Archives showed up one morning in our offices, where my editor and I circled it like curious apes.- -Time Out, New YorkThis is the first book to explore Stanley Kubrick-s archives and the most comprehensive study of the filmmaker to date. In 1968, when Stanley Kubrick was asked to comment on the metaphysical significance of 2001: A Space Odyssey, he replied: -It-s not a message I ever intended to convey in words. 2001 is a nonverbal experience-. I tried to create a visual experience, one that bypasses verbalized pigeonholing and directly penetrates the subconscious with an emotional and philosophic content.- The philosophy behind Part 1 of The Stanley Kubrick Archives borrows from this line of thinking: from the opening sequence of Killer-s Kiss to the final frames of Eyes Wide Shut, Kubrick-s complete films are presented chronologically and wordlessly via frame enlargements. A completely nonverbal experience.The second part of the book brings to life the creati