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Stanley Kubrick and Me
- Thirty Years at His Side
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
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Summary
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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- John
- 19-02-22
Dreadful performance, but great insight
This book examines the intimate relationship between the author and Stanley Kubrick. It dispels a great many myths about the legendary director and paints a picture of a man who loved animals, cared deeply for his family and his closest friends and put his work before all other considerations. While other books dwell on the making of his films, this one shows us what Kubrick was like at home, how he spent his free time, his likes, his dislikes, his attitude to work, his meticulous need to prepare for every eventuality and pay attention to every detail. There are many anecdotes about encounters with various actors, a few on set observations, but it’s largely about Emilio’s exhaustive lifelong role serving the Kubrick family - a perspective we rarely hear.
The only drawback, is the performance: read by an American whose monotonous voice and downward inflections at the end of every sentence makes him sounds at times like a text-to-speech programme. If you can tolerate that, you’re fine
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- Brent
- 03-10-23
A powerful story about a heartwarming relationship
Amazing insights into the real Stanley Kubrick & his life woven into a truly heartwarming story of a 1 of a kind relationship
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- Marcello
- 21-06-17
A Great story of friendship and cinema
If you like cinema, you'll love this book. Great to learn about Kubrick's personality and work ethic
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- Vikas Niranjan
- 13-09-18
Almost a Hagiography, yet very good
Stanley Kubrick is one of my favourite directors and I love most of his work. This book is unique, it gives a unique lens of his 'man Friday', on who the man was, his love of films, family and his animals. It is easy to see how devoted to Kubrick Emilio was, and gives a great tour of his personal life, but does provide little insight on his craft or how he changed as a director over the 30 years of his career. The audio performance is brilliant.
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- david
- 16-12-19
Incredible story!
Simply the best audiobook I’ve listened to. Such a great story. Wish it didn’t end!
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- Linda T
- 28-03-24
Stanley
Emilio was his companion for over thirty years. And what a companion he was. Stanley worked him like a dog but he never seemed to mind. I really enjoyed this. Gave great insight into both their lives.
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- Nathan Penney
- 09-05-21
Heartwarming and heartbreaking.
A great story about 2 best friends. A Very Heartwarming. Funny, insightful and heartbreaking book
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- jonathan coulton
- 17-11-23
Excellent!
A perfect book with excellent narration. If you are a Kubrick fan you’ll love this interesting book that will both fascinate you and move you at the same time!
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- Gareth H
- 25-07-24
A beautiful insight.
A beautiful insight into a film genius’s life away from the spotlight and an even better look at a friendship that is a pleasure to be part of and heartbreaking at the end.
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- D. Jones
- 28-12-18
this is terrific
I only had a vague idea of Stanley Kubrick as a person although I've always loved his films. the insight into his everyday life and the making of some of these films but much more his relationship with Emelio is engaging and informative. it gives you a real sense of Stanley the man as well as film director. I realised that I'd become involved with the characters when two moments of unexpected tragedy affected me too.
the performance of the reader is excellent too and I can't recommend this book too highly for anyone interested in films, Stanley Kubrick or even as simply a life well lived.
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