{"product_id":"stanley-kubricks-2001-a-space-odyssey-new-essays-paperback","title":"Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey: New Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Kolker\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost all students have seen \u003cem\u003e2001\u003c\/em\u003e, but virtually none understand its inheritance, its complexities, and certainly not its ironies. The essays in this collection, commissioned from a wide variety of scholars, examine in detail various possible readings of the film and its historical context. They also examine the film as a genre piece--as the summa of science fiction that simultaneously looks back on the science fiction conventions of the past (Kubrick began thinking of making a science fiction film during the genre's heyday in the fifties), rethinks the convention in light of the time of the film's creation, and in turn changes the look and meaning of the genre that it revived--which now remains as prominent as it was almost four decades ago. Constructed out of its director's particular intellectual curiosity, his visual style, and his particular notions of the place of human agency in the world and, in this case, the universe, \u003cem\u003e2001\u003c\/em\u003e is, like all of his films, more than it appears, and it keeps revealing more the more it is seen. Though their backgrounds and disciplines differ, the authors of this essay collection are united by a talent for vigorous yet incisive writing that cleaves closely to the text--to the film itself, with its contextual and intrinsic complexities--granting readers privileged access to Kubrick's formidable, intricate classic work of science fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Kolker\u003c\/strong\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Film Studies and Digital Media at the University of Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9.24 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 23, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755016126752,"sku":"9780195174533","price":87.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8557397f74cde046eb85a41dd1db6245.webp?v=1780048420","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/stanley-kubricks-2001-a-space-odyssey-new-essays-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}