Question: lost kubrick the unfinished films of stanley kubrick

title: Stanley Kubrick's unrealized projects
text: In 2016 , long - time assistant of Kubrick 's , Emilio D'Alessandro addressed that prior to his death , Kubrick was considering making a movie of Pinocchio . D'Alessandro said that Kubrick sent him to buy Italian books about Pinocchio . `` He wanted to make it in his own because so many Pinocchios have been made . He wanted to do something really big ... He said ; ' It would ( be ) very nice if I could make children laugh and feel happy making this Pinocchio . ' '' ( Kubrick eventually used the project based on Brian Aldiss short story as his `` Pinocchio film . '' ) D'Alessandro also stated that Kubrick 's life - long fascination in World War II led to an interest in The Battle of Monte Cassino . D'Alessandro said , `` Stanley said that would be an interesting film to make . He asked me to get hold of things ... like newspaper cuttings and find out the distance from the airport , train stations . He had a friend who actually bombarded Monte Cassino during the war ... It is horrible to remember those days . Everything was completely destroyed . ''