Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon: The Greatest Movie Never Made - Reviews

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"In short, it's a staggering assemblage of what anyone (historian or filmmaker) might want to know of Napoleon; invaluable for any biographer of either general."
Empire, London
United Kingdom
"I will associate the name TASCHEN with books that are incomparably researched, crafted and produced. They would be my first source if I wanted a very specific book for a friend. For me, this book is a myth within a myth. Indeed, Kubrick's attempt at making this film makes Coppola's efforts with Apocalypse Now look like small potatoes. But the story of the book itself now takes on a mythic quality."
Eyecube.com, New York
United States
"Eine Luxus-Edition erzählt, wie sich Stanley Kubrick für einen Kostümfilm vorbereitete, den er dann leider nie drehen konnte ... Was für die Ewigkeit bleibt, sind das größte private Napoleon-Archiv der Welt."
Welt am Sonntag, Berlin
Germany
"So müssen Monumentalfilme wohl aussehen, wenn man sie nicht ins Kino bringt, sondern auf Papier druckt. Ehrfurchtsvoll löst man das Lederband, öffnet den Buchdeckel, späht mit klopfendem Herzen ins Innere -wahrscheinlich ins größte private Napoleon-Archiv der Welt ... Man darf sich ein wenig selbst wie ein Entdecker fühlen, der sich Zugang zu geheimen Quellen erkämpft hat ... So stellt sich schnell das sagenhafte Gefühl ein, dass man wirklich einen alten Koffer öffnen darf ... Man kann sich lustvoll, geradezu erotisch in Details verlieren, jede Nebenfigur als Kupferstich aufrufen, die spätere Kaisergattin Joséphine als Nackttänzerin begutachten, die tollsten Zitate aus Napoleons Briefen durchforsten."
Süddeutsche Zeitung, München
Germany
"Eine wahre Liebhaber-Arbeit."
Westdeutsche Allgemeine, Essen
Germany
"Das imposante Buchset dokumentiert die Recherchen und Vorstudien."
GQ, München
Germany
"The Greatest Movie Never Made is among the most ambitious publishing projects we've seen in a long while, both in terms of the incredible wealth of well-researched content in hosts and the brilliantly conceived vehicle. It offers a rare peek at the creative process of a cultural icon, delivered through a fittingly ambitious prism of book design innovation."
BrainPickings.com, New York
United States
"Ob Kubricks als dreistündiges Kinoabenteuer geplantes Projekt wirklich ‚der beste Film, der nie gedreht wurde' ist, kann man nun anhand eines Liebhaberbuchs aus dem TASCHEN-Verlag nachvollziehen."
Die Kino-Stadt, München
Germany
"A massive tome that houses 10 smaller books with correspondence, essays, interviews, and a copy of the screenplay's final draft - nearly 3,000 pages of Kubrickiana in all."
DETAILS, New York
United States
"Alison Castle, (who worked on the "Stanley Kubrick Archives," book which, by the way, is also awesome,) has complied Kubrick's notes, photos and research to allow readers into Kubrick's development process."
LonelyReviewer.com, Boston
United States
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