Kubrick

This is the tale of two roads. The first is the tour of Stanley Kubrick and his film career. The second is that of the history of Hollywood cinema. Both will meet at a crucial moment, the year 1968, causing what Steven Spielberg defined as "the big-bang" of the key genre of modern commercial cinema, science fiction. That crucial point in the history of cinema will be 2001: a space odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968). This book confirms the relevance of this film, not only for its cinematographic quality, but also for becoming a turning point and union between the end of the Golden Age and the beginning of contemporary Hollywood cinema, focused on spectacular visual effects films. of the science fiction and fantasy genre, which has Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977), and its saga-franchise, as its greatest representative and model.