Kubrick sometimes spoke of making a film specifically on the Holocaust, and although he never followed through with the idea, it seems the Shoah haunted him and found expression in his
cinematic discourse. Cocks (history, Albion College) explores Kubrick's dual preoccupation and ambivalence toward the specter of the Holocaust. His early life was spent in its shadow but in
1957 he married into an artistic German family. Cocks finds startling evidence that regardless of Kubrick's attitude at the time, the Holocaust was never far away in the imagery of his work,
especially in The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, and even in A Clockwork Orange and Barry Lyndon. Cocks draws on interviews with Kubrick's family, archival research, and close examination of
Kubrick's films. Annotation 穢2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
