Taschen published The Stanley Kubrick Archives as a limited coffee-table book in 2005. Then, in 2009, came their collector’s edition of Kubrick’s Napoleon, limited to 1,000 copies: ten volumes inside one enormous book. Another collector’s edition followed in 2014: the making of Kubrick’s 2001, limited to 1,500 copies in a metal slipcase. Of course, these books were far from cheap, though last year’s collector’s edition on the making of Kubrick’s The Shining (limited to 1,000 copies) cost a prohibitive $1,500 (almost as much as the other three titles combined).
Fortunately, a year after its release, Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is now available in a more modest edition, costing around a tenth of the original price. (How times have changed: this version is the same price as the limited edition of The Stanley Kubrick Archives was in 2005.) The new edition consists of two heavy volumes in a slipcase: a book of rare photographs (including a few taken by Kubrick, and numerous shots from deleted scenes) styled to look like a scrapbook; and The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, a definitive 900-page account of the film’s production.
Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is a collaboration between writer J.W. Rinzler and Pixar director Lee Unkrich, and benefits both from Rinzler’s expertise as a writer of making-of books (such as The Making of Alien), and Unkrich’s passionate interest in The Shining. (He wrote the introduction to Danel Olson’s book, also titled Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.) The original collector’s edition also included a reproduction of the film’s continuity script and other supplemental material.
Fortunately, a year after its release, Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is now available in a more modest edition, costing around a tenth of the original price. (How times have changed: this version is the same price as the limited edition of The Stanley Kubrick Archives was in 2005.) The new edition consists of two heavy volumes in a slipcase: a book of rare photographs (including a few taken by Kubrick, and numerous shots from deleted scenes) styled to look like a scrapbook; and The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, a definitive 900-page account of the film’s production.
Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is a collaboration between writer J.W. Rinzler and Pixar director Lee Unkrich, and benefits both from Rinzler’s expertise as a writer of making-of books (such as The Making of Alien), and Unkrich’s passionate interest in The Shining. (He wrote the introduction to Danel Olson’s book, also titled Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.) The original collector’s edition also included a reproduction of the film’s continuity script and other supplemental material.