Depth of Field: Stanley Kubrick, Film, and the Uses of History (Wisconsin Film Studies)

Director of some of the most controversial films of the twentieth century, Stanley Kubrick created a reputation as a Hollywood outsider as well as a cinematic genius. His diverse yet relatively small oeuvre—he directed only thirteen films during a career that spanned more than four decades—covers a broad range of the themes that shaped his century and continues to shape the twenty-first: war and crime, gender relations and class conflict, racism, and the fate of individual agency in a world of increasing social surveillance and control. In __Depth of Field__, leading screenwriters and scholars analyze Kubrick's films from a variety of perspectives. They examine such groundbreaking classics as __Dr. Strangelove__ and __2001: A Space Odyssey__ and later films whose critical reputations are still in flux. __Depth of Field__ ends with three viewpoints on Kubrick's final film, __Eyes Wide Shut__, placing it in the contexts of film history, the history and theory of psychoanalysis, and the sociology of sex and power. Probing Kubrick's whole body of work, __Depth of Field__ is the first truly multidisciplinary study of one of the most innovative and controversial filmmakers of the twentieth century.

    Director of some of the most controversial films of the twentieth century, Stanley Kubrick created a reputation as a Hollywood outsider as well as a cinematic genius. His diverse yet relatively small oeuvre—he directed only thirteen films during a career that spanned more than four decades—covers a broad range of the themes that shaped his century and continues to shape the twenty-first: war and crime, gender relations and class conflict, racism, and the fate of individual agency in a world of increasing social surveillance and control. 
    In Depth of Field, leading screenwriters and scholars analyze Kubrick's films from a variety of perspectives. They examine such groundbreaking classics as Dr. Strangelove and 2001: A Space Odyssey and later films whose critical reputations are still in flux. Depth of Field ends with three viewpoints on Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut, placing it in the contexts of film history, the history and theory of psychoanalysis, and the sociology of sex and power. Probing Kubrick's whole body of work, Depth of Field is the first truly multidisciplinary study of one of the most innovative and controversial filmmakers of the twentieth century.

Contents 8 Acknowledgments 10 Introduction: Deep Focus - Geoffrey Cocks, James Diedrick, and Glenn Perusek 14 First Take: Words and Pictures 40 The Written Word and the Very Visual Stanley Kubrick - Vincent Lobrutto 42 Writing The Shining - Diane Johnson 66 The Pumpkinifcation of Stanley K. - Frederic Raphael 73 Mazes and Meanings 86 Kubrick’s Armies: Strategy, Hierarchy, and Motive in the War Films of Stanley Kubrick - Glenn Perusek 88 Subjected Wills: The Antihumanism of Kubrick’s Later Films - Pat J. Gehrke and G. L . Ercolini 112 2001: A Cold Descent - Mark Crispin Miller 133 Deviant Subjects in Foucault and A Clockwork Orange: Criminological Constructions of Subjectivity - Pat J. Gehrke 157 Pictures, Plurality, and Puns: A Visual Approach to Barry Lyndon - Bille Wickre 176 Death by Typewriter: Stanley Kubrick, the Holocaust, andThe Shining - Geoffrey Cocks 196 Full-Metal-Jacketing, or Masculinity in the Making - Paula Willoquet-Maricondi 229 Final Take: Eyes Wide Shut 254 In Dreams Begin Responsibilities - Jonathan Rosenbaum 256 Freud, Schnitzler, and Eyes Wide Shut - Peter Loewenberg 266 Introducing Sociology - Tim Kreider 291 Filmography 312 Bibliography 316 Contributors 320 Index 324 Annotation Director of some of the most controversial films of the twentieth century, Stanley Kubrick created a reputation as a Hollywood outsider as well as a cinematic genius. His diverse yet relatively small oeuvrehe directed only thirteen films during a career that spanned more than four decadescovers a broad range of the themes that shaped his century and continues to shape the twenty-first: war and crime, gender relations and class conflict, racism, and the fate of individual agency in a world of increasing social surveillance and control. In Depth of Field, leading screenwriters and scholars analyze Kubrick's films from a variety of perspectives. They examine such groundbreaking classics as Dr. Strangelove and 2001: A Space Odyssey and later films whose critical reputations are still in flux. Depth of Field ends with three viewpoints on Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut, placing it in the contexts of film history, the history and theory of psychoanalysis, and the sociology of sex and power. Probing Kubrick's whole body of work, Depth of Field is the first truly multidisciplinary study of one of the most innovative and controversial filmmakers of the twentieth century Introduction : deep focus / Geoffrey Cocks, James Diedrick, Glenn Perusek The written word and the very visual Stanley Kubrick / Vincent LoBrutto Writing The shining / Diane Johnson The pumpkinification of Stanley K. / Frederic Raphael Kubrick's armies : strategy, hierarchy, and motive in the war films of Stanley Kubrick / Glenn Perusek Subjected wills : the anti-humanism of Kubrick's later films / Pat J. Gehrke and G. L. Ercolini 2001 : a cold descent / Mark Crispin Miller Deviant subjects in Foucault and a Clockwork orange : criminological constructions of subjectivity / Pat J. Gehrke Pictures, plurality, and puns : a visual approach to Barry Lyndon / Bille Wickre Death by typewriter : Stanley Kubrick, the Holocaust, and the shining / Geoffrey Cocks Full-metal-jacketing, or masculinity in the making / Paula Willoquet-Maricondi In dreams begin responsibilities / Jonathan Rosenbaum Freud, Schnitzler, and Eyes wide shut / Peter Loewenberg Introducing sociology / Tim Kreider.