David Mikics
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Mikics's biography of Stanley Kubrick shows us the intensity of an artist that is connected in all ways to American culture at large. Kubrick's influential filmmaking is nearly unmatched in the history of American cinema, and this book tells all about the life that led to the career. It discusses his early work as a photographer, his family, his filmography, and how his obsession with what Hollywood was lacking at the time led him to make films... (read more)
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