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.
"A weird, revealing delight . . . The accretion of details about
this seemingly saltof-the-earth working stiff and the eccentric
artistic genius who paid him creates an irresistible picture of
friendship, loyalty, and artistic temperament. . . . I enjoyed
every word." The New York Times Book Review
"As good an insider's view of middle- to late-period Kubrick as
there is. . . . The book is funny and casual throughout. Of special
interest are D'Alessandro's set notes, revealing, for example, that
the cat lady room in A Clockwork Orange figured two decades later
in Eyes Wide Shut." Kirkus
Utterly charming . . . [A] sweet and sentimental record of service
to a creative genius . . . the book's invitingly conversational
tone and descriptions paint an all-too-human portrait of a
cloistered artist and ardent workaholic who expected everything and
more from his employees and returned their devotion in kind.”
Publishers Weekly
"Through detailed anecdotes and tender accounts of life both on
location and off, D'Alessandro sheds light behind the scenes of
Kubrick's famously controlled sets and offers a unique portrait of
the man himself." Vice
"No great man is great for his butler, they say, . . . as if the
private life of someone extraordinary should always contradict his
public image. That is not the case with the beautiful portrait that
Emilio D’Alessandro and Filippo Ulivieri paint in Stanley Kubrick
and Me. [...] D’Alessandro tells about a generous man, caring,
perfectionist in his work, demanding in every aspect of the daily
life. [...] It is a delightful book, indeed: gentle and delicate as
the summer that slowly says goodbye and vanishes." La Stampa
"This memoir is exquisite, not to be missed." Il Sole 24 Ore
"There are so many details about Kubrick’s daily life (and I mean
'daily,' not 'private': there is no gossip here) in this
outstanding book352 pages you read in a snap. [...] Stanley
Kubrick and Me is perhaps the most important book ever written
about Kubrick. It offers a portrait full of warmth, a touching
memoir about the filmmaker, and at the same time it clears away all
the stupid and crazy stuff about him that has plagued his image for
years."L’Unità
"This is a story of genius and sweetness. It is an exciting book
because it gives tons of detail about how Kubrick’s films were
made, but it is also, and surprisingly, a sort of sentimental
novel, beautifully written . . . a story of warm feelingsan
oblique tale of two souls in which genius and humility are knit
together and sometimes exchange places."
Radio Capital
"Here is a perfect match, here are two men who greatly admired each
other and are happy to show it. [...] Stanley Kubrick and Emilio
D’Alessandro, the visionary genius and the man who drove him
anywhere, the imaginative director and his factotum, the art of
thinking and the craft of doing, the mind and the body. They're
like two happy kids at a birthday party."
Il Venerdì di Repubblica
"His portrayal of Kubrick is heartfelt, yet detached. There is a
controlled admiration running through the pages, a need to
understand who Kubrick really was beyond the legend, and above all
without the usual tales that depict him as someone who was
furiously, obsessively, and crazily cut off from the world. [...]
Emilio was the ideal character in a unique story, told with
devotion, respect, and freedom. Here, there are no unnecessary
frills and no implausible details that often damage many accounts
of extraordinary encounters."
Il Venerdì di Repubblica
"At last, a new book that for the first time seems to succeed in
capturing the real Kubrick, the everyday manwho is indivisible
from the artist, because thanks to the book you see how Kubrick was
always on.” always working, focused on his job. . . It is a very
humorous book, and a touching one, even moving: something that is
indeed a paradox for an artist who kept tears constantly away in
his films. [...] The book offers relaxing reading for any Kubrick
fan who has tried for years to distinguish the truth from the
Internet bullshit. After reading the book, I think I love Emilio,
and Stanley as well." Globalist
"A weird, revealing delight . . . The accretion of details about
this seemingly saltof-the-earth working stiff and the eccentric
artistic genius who paid him creates an irresistible picture of
friendship, loyalty, and artistic temperament. . . . I enjoyed
every word." The New York Times Book Review
"As good an insider's view of middle- to late-period Kubrick as
there is. . . . The book is funny and casual throughout. Of special
interest are D'Alessandro's set notes, revealing, for example, that
the cat lady room in A Clockwork Orange figured two decades later
in Eyes Wide Shut." Kirkus
Utterly charming . . . [A] sweet and sentimental record of service
to a creative genius . . . the book's invitingly conversational
tone and descriptions paint an all-too-human portrait of a
cloistered artist and ardent workaholic who expected everything and
more from his employees and returned their devotion in kind.”
Publishers Weekly
"Through detailed anecdotes and tender accounts of life both on
location and off, D'Alessandro sheds light behind the scenes of
Kubrick's famously controlled sets and offers a unique portrait of
the man himself." Vice
"No great man is great for his butler, they say, . . . as if the
private life of someone extraordinary should always contradict his
public image. That is not the case with the beautiful portrait that
Emilio D’Alessandro and Filippo Ulivieri paint in Stanley Kubrick
and Me. [...] D’Alessandro tells about a generous man, caring,
perfectionist in his work, demanding in every aspect of the daily
life. [...] It is a delightful book, indeed: gentle and delicate as
the summer that slowly says goodbye and vanishes." La Stampa
"This memoir is exquisite, not to be missed." Il Sole 24 Ore
"There are so many details about Kubrick’s daily life (and I mean
'daily,' not 'private': there is no gossip here) in this
outstanding book352 pages you read in a snap. [...] Stanley
Kubrick and Me is perhaps the most important book ever written
about Kubrick. It offers a portrait full of warmth, a touching
memoir about the filmmaker, and at the same time it clears away all
the stupid and crazy stuff about him that has plagued his image for
years."L’Unità
"This is a story of genius and sweetness. It is an exciting book
because it gives tons of detail about how Kubrick’s films were
made, but it is also, and surprisingly, a sort of sentimental
novel, beautifully written . . . a story of warm feelingsan
oblique tale of two souls in which genius and humility are knit
together and sometimes exchange places."
Radio Capital
"Here is a perfect match, here are two men who greatly admired each
other and are happy to show it. [...] Stanley Kubrick and Emilio
D’Alessandro, the visionary genius and the man who drove him
anywhere, the imaginative director and his factotum, the art of
thinking and the craft of doing, the mind and the body. They're
like two happy kids at a birthday party."
Il Venerdì di Repubblica
"His portrayal of Kubrick is heartfelt, yet detached. There is a
controlled admiration running through the pages, a need to
understand who Kubrick really was beyond the legend, and above all
without the usual tales that depict him as someone who was
furiously, obsessively, and crazily cut off from the world. [...]
Emilio was the ideal character in a unique story, told with
devotion, respect, and freedom. Here, there are no unnecessary
frills and no implausible details that often damage many accounts
of extraordinary encounters."
Il Venerdì di Repubblica
"At last, a new book that for the first time seems to succeed in
capturing the real Kubrick, the everyday manwho is indivisible
from the artist, because thanks to the book you see how Kubrick was
always on.” always working, focused on his job. . . It is a very
humorous book, and a touching one, even moving: something that is
indeed a paradox for an artist who kept tears constantly away in
his films. [...] The book offers relaxing reading for any Kubrick
fan who has tried for years to distinguish the truth from the
Internet bullshit. After reading the book, I think I love Emilio,
and Stanley as well." Globalist
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