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Le «Napoléon» de Stanley Kubrick. Le plus grand film jamais tourné
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Per molti anni si è vociferato che Kubrick avesse intenzione di dare un seguito a 2001: Odissea nello spazio con un film su Napoleone. Nel 2009, TASCHEN ha messo a tacere le voci con un esame esaustivo degli archivi di Kubrick su Napoleone, sotto forma di un'edizione limitata che comprende dieci libri, sceneggiatura, riferimento, note, corrispondenza, cronologia, produzione, testo, costumi, esplorazione dei luoghi e archivio fotografico, nascosti all'interno di un libro di storia di Napoleone. Questa nuova pubblicazione riunisce tutti gli elementi originali in un volume compatto, compreso un facsimile della sceneggiatura completa di Kubrick. In oltre 800 pagine riccamente illustrate, questa raccolta contiene tutti gli indizi sui metodi, le idee, le motivazioni, le domande, le intenzioni e le ossessioni di Kubrick, tutto ciò che si può desiderare di sapere.
Copertina rigida, 8.4 x 10.8 in., 5.00 lb, 832 pagine
Stanley Kubrick’s 'Napoleon'
80The Greatest Movie Never Made
Ten books in one tell the fascinating tale of Kubrick’s unfilmed masterpiece
During the post-production of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick began working on his next project, a biopic on Napoleon Bonaparte. The dramatic rise and fall of the French emperor made for a great story, but it was his mind that most interested Kubrick, who couldn’t grasp how a brilliant tactician could fall victim to his own irrational temptations—and with devastating consequences.
While working on the script, Kubrick read every book about Napoleon that he could obtain, consulted with history experts, and amassed a database of research material that was by any standards excessive, including over 30,000 illustrations and location-scouting photos. Costumes were researched and designed, including paper military uniforms (to keep costs down). But as production neared, first M.G.M. and then United Artists got cold feet; historical epics were too risky at the time. Surely they regret it now, but cost of production was, in their opinion, not worth the risk.
Kubrick’s interest in Napoleon continued throughout the rest of his life, but the budget required to do the film the way he wanted was never realistic. Had he lived until the thousands of soldiers and horses he envisioned in the epic battle scenes could be convincingly rendered by computer, perhaps he would have made Napoleon. Perhaps it would have been his greatest achievement.
TASCHEN’s 2009 Limited Edition featured ten books—Script, Reference, Notes, Correspondence, Chronology, Production, Text, Costumes, Location Scouting, and Picture File—inside of a carved-out book. This new volume brings all original elements together in one compact volume, including a facsimile of Kubrick’s complete screenplay. In over 800 profusely illustrated pages, this collection of goodies contains all the clues to Kubrick’s methods, ideas, motivations, questions, intentions, and obsessions—everything you could ever want to know about the project and more.
While working on the script, Kubrick read every book about Napoleon that he could obtain, consulted with history experts, and amassed a database of research material that was by any standards excessive, including over 30,000 illustrations and location-scouting photos. Costumes were researched and designed, including paper military uniforms (to keep costs down). But as production neared, first M.G.M. and then United Artists got cold feet; historical epics were too risky at the time. Surely they regret it now, but cost of production was, in their opinion, not worth the risk.
Kubrick’s interest in Napoleon continued throughout the rest of his life, but the budget required to do the film the way he wanted was never realistic. Had he lived until the thousands of soldiers and horses he envisioned in the epic battle scenes could be convincingly rendered by computer, perhaps he would have made Napoleon. Perhaps it would have been his greatest achievement.
TASCHEN’s 2009 Limited Edition featured ten books—Script, Reference, Notes, Correspondence, Chronology, Production, Text, Costumes, Location Scouting, and Picture File—inside of a carved-out book. This new volume brings all original elements together in one compact volume, including a facsimile of Kubrick’s complete screenplay. In over 800 profusely illustrated pages, this collection of goodies contains all the clues to Kubrick’s methods, ideas, motivations, questions, intentions, and obsessions—everything you could ever want to know about the project and more.
L'editore
Alison Castle ha studiato filosofia alla Columbia University e cinema e fotografia alla New York University (NYU/International Center of Photography masters program). Ha curato diverse pubblicazioni di fotografia, cinema e design, tra cui Some Like it Hot, The Stanley Kubrick Archives, Linda McCartney: Life in Photographs, e Marc Newson: Works.
Le «Napoléon» de Stanley Kubrick. Le plus grand film jamais tourné
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