In 1972 Stanley Kubrick was looking for a dubbing director for the Italian version of his film A Clockwork Orange. After a conversation with film director Federico Fellini, Kubrick contacted Mario Maldesi, who was at that time one of the best supervisors in post-synchronisation of dialogue for Italian films, as he had worked with the most prestigious Italian directors since early '60s.

Starting from a script adaptation by Riccardo Aragno, who was a friend of Kubrick, Maldesi directed the Italian actors and made a terrific dubbed version of A Clockwork Orange.

This letter is the beginning of a correspondence between Kubrick and Maldesi which lasted until Kubrick's death. Maldesi worked on every subsequent film directed by Kubrick, achieving superb dubbed versions of each film, such as The Shining and Full Metal Jacket.