Kubrick’s final draft is reproduced in its entirety. Herein, all of the books from the original edition are reproduced in facsimile: correspondence, costume studies, location scouting photographs, research material, script drafts, and more. Based on the original 2009 limited edition which featured ten books hidden inside of a carved out reproduction of a Napoleon history book, this publication brings all the original elements together in one volume.

TASCHEN’s tribute to this unmade masterpiece makes Kubrick’s valiant work on 'Napoleon' available to fans for the first time. and then United Artists, decided such an undertaking was too risky at a time when historical epics were out of fashion. But alas, Kubrick’s movie was not destined to be: the film studios, first M.G.M.

No stone was left unturned in Kubrick's nearly-obsessive quest to uncover every piece of information history had to offer about Napoleon. To write his original screenplay, Kubrick embarked on two years of intensive research with the help of dozens of assistants and an Oxford Napoleon specialist, he amassed an unparalleled trove of research and preproduction material, including approximately 15,000 location scouting photographs and 17,000 slides of Napoleonic imagery. Slated for production immediately following the release of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Kubrick’s 'Napoleon' was to be at once a character study and a sweeping epic, replete with grandiose battle scenes featuring thousands of extras. Now available in an unlimited, single-volume edition!įor 40 years, Kubrick fans and film buffs have wondered about the director's mysterious unmade film on Napoleon Bonaparte. The fascinating tale of Kubrick’s unfilmed masterpiece

Napoleon by felix markham