Stanley Kubrick: American Filmmaker by David Mikics Holocaust History Translated by James Adam Redfield

Translated by James Adam Redfield

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Stanley Kubrick: American Filmmaker by David Mikics Holocaust History Translated by James Adam RedfieldKubrick grew up in the Bronx, a doctors son. From a young age he was consumed by photography, chess, and, above all else, movies. He was a selftaught filmmaker and selfproclaimed outsider, and his films exist in a unique world of their own outside the Hollywood mainstream. Kubricks Jewishness played a crucial role in his idea of himself as an outsider. Obsessed with rebellion against authority, war, and male violence, Kubrick was himself a calm,