Stanley Kubrick (Il Castoro cinema Vol. 38)

by Enrico Ghezzi

Stanley Kubrick (New York, 1928 - St. Alban’s, Londra, 1999) per molti è il più grande regista mai esistito. Ogni suo film è considerato un capolavoro: Lolita (1962), 2001: Odissea nello spazio (1968), Arancia meccanica (1971), Barry Lyndon (1975), Shining (1980), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Eyes Wide Shut (1999).

Genres: Media Tie In

181 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Born in Lovere (Bergamo) in 1952, Enrico Ghezzi entered RAI, the Italian public service television company, in 1978 and was made responsible for film programming on RAI3. He offered cinema lovers a number of unusual and carefully chosen film cycles, such as "The dark mirror", "Eccentric visions", "Crazy women", "The magnificent obsession", "Colour black and white" and "Cinema of '68", many accompanied by on-screen commentary. Author of a well received book on Stanley Kubrik, he tried his hand at directing himself in 1987, shooting the 7-minute short "Gelosi e tranquilli" (Jealous and calm), part of a film in episodes directed by fifteen of the so-called "New Italian School" directors.
In 1988 he created, and still often presents, "Fuori orario" (After Hours), a late-night programme on RAI3, which shows things "never before seen" from the archives of TV broadcasters all over the world, offering sub-titled scenes from rare films and extreme examples from the international cinema culture. He achieved notoriety with "Blob", a programme created by Marco Giusti, which has been one of RAI3's most popular programmes since 1989. "Blob" introduced a new kind of TV programme, pulling apart and laying bare the communicative techniques of the television medium, creating a sophisticated intellectual linguistic game.

Reviews

[Filippo Ulivieri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un testo originale che porta avanti il personale discorso sul cinema di Kubrick con lo stile tipico dell'autore, fatto di suggestioni, parallelismi, connessioni e fascinazioni estetiche. Raccoglie alcune dichiarazioni del regista accorpate per tema. Due foto in bianco e nero. La prima edizione del saggio è del 1977, aggiornato dallo stesso Ghezzi dopo l'uscita di Shining e completato per Full Metal Jacket da Di Giammatteo; l'attuale riedizione presenta anche alcune pagine su Eyes Wide Shut e un aggiornamento bibliografico.

[Carlo Mayer]

Da consultazione

[Duarte Cabral · Rating 2 out of 5]

As insightful as it is unfocused. I don't think there is a better way to sum it up.