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PublisherAeon Books The Limited

ISBN-101801520569

ISBN-139781801520560

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Book TitleKubrickon : the Cult of Kubrick, Attention Capture, and the Inception of Ai

Number of Pages210 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

TopicFilm / General, Conspiracy Theories, Film / History & Criticism

GenrePerforming Arts, Social Science

AuthorJasun Horsley

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Weight10.2 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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ReviewsStanley Kubrick was up to something. But neither his fiercest admirers nor his harshest critics ever suspected what it was. His movies were the means. So what was the end?

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal791.430233092

Table Of ContentCONTENTS INTRODUCTION Confessions of a sick mind (Stanley Kubrick's Atrocity Exhibition) His hands were tied (the Kubrick vacuum) Secret pedophile elites Culturally co-opted cognitive counterfeits King culture PART I - THE ARCHITECTURE OF IMMERSION CHAPTER 1 - Children of Kubrick The man Deny all knowledge Immersion criticism Extraordinary facts and ridiculous flights of hermeneutic fantasy CHAPTER 2 - Full metal emperor Needful guesswork Cultural warfare The very idea of greatness, or: Stanley is as Stanley does The works of Satan CHAPTER 3 - Crossing the Kubrickon Under the seat The Overlook, again The "final" answer? A two-way mirror PART II - AGENT STANLEY CHAPTER 4 - How the solar system was won The anomaly of Kubrick's optimistic vision of the future of man Theft as art Arthur C. Clarke's goldfish bowl KUBARK: sinister associations CHAPTER 5 - Clockwork conspiracy theories Some facts about Stanley Learning from The Master Agent Orange A clean-minded pornographer CHAPTER 6 - The lost language of the body Kubrick, DARPA, Simulmatics A computational theocracy Enter the dragon The apple of knowledge PART III - KING VS KING CHAPTER 7 - The silver key The wasp's nest An I for an I The writer's block The golden Bowman CHAPTER 8 - White man's burden, or: the Grand Unified Theory of The Shining (GUTS) The axe blow Historic trauma transmission (Sons of Saturn) Adult boy The secret ally CHAPTER 9 - Hive mind Word vs image Games of thrones Behold the para-self DID Meets DOD: the AI breakthrough BIBLIOGRAPHY END NOTES INDEX

SynopsisStanley Kubrick was up to something. But neither his fiercest admirers nor his harshest critics ever suspected what it was. His movies were the means. So what was the end? In this experimental analysis of the work of Stanley Kubrick, Jasun Horsley unpicks the cult of Kubrick, taking a unique approach as he delves into the deeper - and often darker - reasons as to why the director has achieved such admiration over the years. The Kubrickon maps an unholy merger of computer and behavioral sciences that has shaped not just politics but all of modern society over the past decade (e.g. Cambridge Analytica). It explores Stanley Kubrick's intensive, secret, insider involvement in the building of an architecture of algorithm-directed technology that has steadily encroached into our inner realms, cementing a symbiotic relationship between human consciousness and technology, with culture as the binding medium of an attention economy. Throughout The Kubrickon Horsley uses Kubrick's critically acclaimed films such as Eyes Wide Shut and 2001: Space Odyssey to provide a fascinating and revelatory overview of the cultural obsession with Stanley Kubrick, as well as on a wider scale providing illuminating criticisms of society's consumption of culture and media. For those who dislike Kubrick movies, The Kubrickon will finally absolve you of all uncertainty and guilt. For those who adore Kubrick movies, The Kubrickon will challenge you to the core, and may just set you free. For those who are indifferent to Kubrick movies, The Kubrickon will reward you by making you care about, and nurture, your indifference.

LC Classification NumberPN1998.3