“TheStanleyKubrickArchivesshoweduponemorninginouroffices,wheremyeditorandIcircleditlikecuriousapes.“--TimeOut,NewYorkThisisthefirstbooktoexploreStanleyKubrick’sarchivesandthemostcomprehensivestudyofthefilmmakertodate.In1968,whenStanleyKubrickwasaskedtocommentonthemetaphysicalsignificanceof2001:ASpaceOdyssey,hereplied:“It’snotamessageIeverintendedtoconveyinwords.2001isanonverbalexperience....Itriedtocreateavisualexperience,onethatbypassesverbalizedpigeonholinganddirectlypenetratesthesubconsciouswithanemotionalandphilosophiccontent.“ThephilosophybehindPart1ofTheStanleyKubrickArchivesborrowsfromthislineofthinking:fromtheopeningsequenceofKiller’sKisstothefinalframesofEyesWideShut,Kubrick’scompletefilmsarepresentedchronologicallyandwordlesslyviaframeenlargements.Acompletelynonverbalexperience.ThesecondpartofthebookbringstolifethecreativeprocessofKubrick’sfilmmakingbypresentingaremarkablecollectionofmostlyunseenmaterialfromhisarchives,includingphotographs,props,posters,artwork,setdesigns,sketches,correspondence,documents,screenplays,drafts,notes,andshootingschedules.AccompanyingthevisualmaterialareessaysbynotedKubrickscholars,articleswrittenbyandaboutKubrick,andaselectionofKubrick’sbestinterviews.
