On what novels or literary works were Kubrick’s films based?
January 27th, 2008
The Killing — novel Clean Break by Lionel White.
Paths of Glory — novel by Humphrey Cobb.
Spartacus — novel by Howard Fast.
Lolita — novel by Vladimir Nabokov.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb — novel Red Alert by Peter George.
2001: A Space Odyssey — short story The Sentinel by Arthur C. Clarke.
A Clockwork Orange — novel by Anthony Burgess.
Barry Lyndon — novel The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq., of the Kingdom of Ireland by William Makepeace Thackeray.
The Shining — novel by Stephen King.
Full Metal Jacket — novel The Short Timers by Gustav Hasford.
Eyes Wide Shut — novella Traumnovelle by Arthur Schnitzler.
See Bibliography for more information.
Source: www.kubrickfilms.warnerbros.com/faq/
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