A Strange Love of Tangled Writing:
Stanley Kubrick’s Films and
Their Literary Sources
Stanley Kubrick (1928 – 1999) was an American film director, photographer, writer and producer. Throughout Stanley Kubrick’s career he was known as a perfectionist. Kubrick was drawn to original literary works for each of his projects. His research was meticulous in translating these literary works on film. He studied his subject matter in great detail before shooting an inch of film. He worked tirelessly with his actors to get the best performances out of them. He constantly wrote and rewrote his scripts to get the exact dialog or detail he was looking for. Ultimately he earned the respect of studio executives to give him complete control over every aspect of production of his films.
Despite the relatively small number of films over his lifetime, Stanley Kubrick’s work has impacted generations of audiences, scholars, and film makers. Kubrick is noted for working in variety of film genres, often turning conventions upside down, from science fiction (2001: a space odyssey) to war films (Paths of Glory, Full Metal Jacket) to historical drama (Barry Lyndon, Spartacus) to comedy (Dr. Strangelove), to horror (The Shining) to psychological drama (Clockwork Orange, Lolita, Eyes Wide Shut).
It’s been over ten years since Stanley Kubrick’s last film was released. Quite a bit of new literature has been generated since his estate transferred Kubrick’s archives for study to the University of Arts in London. The UWM Libraries currently holds most of the original fictional texts, novels, and plays Kubrick used as the seed for each of his films. The UWM Libraries also holds many works by authors who contributed to the final screenplays of each of these films. Over the years the UWM Libraries have collected many valuable titles for the academic study of Stanley Kubrick’s work. The Media Library holds the complete filmography of Stanley Kubrick in its collection. The Music Library has an extensive collection of soundtracks of the films of Stanley Kubrick as well as original source recordings in its holdings. The general collection and Special Collections hold many of Kubrick’s literary sources. Kubrick’s body of work will continue to intrigue audiences, scholars and filmmakers for years to come.
The materials on display are drawn from the Libraries and Collections at the UWM Libraries, and from the personal collection of curator, UWM Libraries Assistant Head Library Systems Andy Ritter.
A Strange Love of Tangled Writing:
Stanley Kubrick's Films and
Their Literary Sources
is presented by
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries Special Collections
Located on the 4th floor Exhibition Gallery
Feb. 21-May 20th
Filmography: Bibliography: Discography
Day of the Fight (1951)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Written by Robert Rein
Flying Padre: An RKO-Pathe Screenliner (1951)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Written by Stanley Kubrick
Additional Links:
Google Books = Stanley Kubrick
Kubrick En Castellano
The Kubrick Corner
Kubrick Multimedia Film Guide
The Kubrick Site
Library of Congress Stanley Kubrick Look Magazine Photograph Collection
Senses of Cinema Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick Fotografo, 1945-1950
UC Berkeley Stanley Kubrick Bibliography
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