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Author: Emilio D'Alessandro
ISBN: 9781628726695

by Emilio D'Alessandro; Filippo Ulivieri (With); Simon Marsh (Translator)

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This intimate portrait by his former personal assistant and confidante reveals the man behind the legendary filmmaker--for the first time.

Stanley Kubrick, the director of a string of timeless movies from Lolita and Dr. Strangelove to A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Full Metal Jacket, and others, has always been depicted by the media as the Howard Hughes of filmmakers, a weird artist obsessed with his work and privacy to the point of madness. But who was he really? Emilio D'Alessandro lets us see. A former Formula Ford driver who was a minicab chauffeur in London during the Swinging Sixties, he took a job driving a giant phallus through the city that became his introduction to the director. Honest, reliable, and ready to take on any task, Emilio found his way into Kubrick's neurotic, obsessive heart. He became his personal assistant, his right-hand man and confidant, working for him from A Clockwork Orange until Kubrick's death in 1999.

Emilio was the silent guy in the room when the script for The Shining was discussed. He still has the coat Jack Nicholson used in the movie. He was an extra on the set of Eyes Wide Shut, Kubrick's last movie. He knew all the actors and producers Kubrick worked with; he observed firsthand Kubrick's working methods down to the smallest detail. Making no claim of expertise in cinematography but with plenty of anecdotes, he offers a completely fresh perspective on the artist and a warm, affecting portrait of a generous, kind, caring man who was a perfectionist in work and life.

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Title Stanley Kubrick and Me: Thirty Years at His Side
Author Emilio D'Alessandro; Filippo Ulivieri (With); Simon Marsh (Translator)
Binding Hardback
Edition Hardback
Pages 384
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Arcade Publishing
Publication date 2016-05
Illustrated Yes
Features Illustrated, Index
ISBN 9781628726695 / 1628726695
Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
Dimensions 9.1 x 6 x 1.5 in (23.11 x 15.24 x 3.81 cm)
Category Biography / Autobiography
Library of Congress subjects Kubrick, Stanley, Motion picture producers and directors -
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2015050645
Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

Booklist, 05/15/2016, Page 9
Kirkus Reviews, 04/01/2016, Page 0
Library Journal, 05/01/2016, Page 69
Publishers Weekly, 03/21/2016, Page 0

About the author

Emilio D'Alessandro left Italy at eighteen to become a racecar driver but turned to driving a minicab after the economic crisis in the late sixties ended his career. He worked closely with Stanley Kubrick for thirty years while raising a family with his wife, Janette. After Kubrick's death, he returned to his native land. He lives in Cassino, Italy.

Filippo Ulivieri was born 1977 and is Italy's leading expert on Stanley Kubrick. Since 1999, he has run the website archiviokubrick.it, a database of factual information about the life and work of Stanley Kubrick. His research on 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Kubrick's unrealized films, and the myths surrounding his public image have been presented in several international conferences and published in Italian and English. He has adapted Stanley Kubrick and Me for the screen as S Is for Stanley (Alex Infascelli, 2015), winner of the David di Donatello award for Best Documentary Feature. His most recent book is 2001 between Kubrick and Clarke: The Genesis, Making, and Authorship of a Masterpiece.

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