{"product_id":"9781950691067-stanley-kubrick-and-me","title":"Stanley Kubrick and Me","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThirty Years at His Side\u003cbr\u003eThis intimate portrait by his former personal assistant and confidante reveals the man behind the legendary filmmaker  for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis intimate portrait by his former personal assistant and confidante reveals the man behind the legendary filmmaker  for the first time. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStanley Kubrick, the director of a string of timeless movies from\u003ci\u003e Lolita\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDr. Strangelove\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eA Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Full Metal Jacket\u003c\/i\u003e, 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\u003ci\u003e A Clockwork Orange \u003c\/i\u003euntil Kubrick's death in 1999. Emilio was the silent guy in the room when the script for \u003ci\u003eThe Shining \u003c\/i\u003ewas discussed. He still has the coat Jack Nicholson used in the movie. He was an extra on the set of \u003ci\u003eEyes Wide Shut\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. The paperback edition has a new foreword by Matthew Modine, who is featured in the book and starred as Private Joker in Kubrick's \u003ci\u003eFull Metal Jacket.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58062304117110,"sku":"9781950691067","price":17.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31216436.jpg?v=1781117498","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781950691067-stanley-kubrick-and-me","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}