Fear and Desire (1952)
Genre: War / Drama
Duration: 72 minuten
Alternative title: Stanley Kubrick's Fear and Desire
Country:
United States
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Stars: Frank Silvera, Kenneth Harp and Paul Mazursky
IMDb score:
5,3 (15.188)
Releasedate: 31 March 1953
Fear and Desire plot
"Trapped… 4 desperate men and a strange half-animal girl!"
Four soldiers, hemmed in by the enemy, plan an escape along the river. On the way they see some enemy officers and they decide to kill them. When the soldiers attack the enemy officers, they discover that they are the victims of their own look-alikes.
Actors and actresses
Mac
Lt. Corby / The General
Sidney
Fletcher / The Captain
The Girl
Narrator (voice)
Reviews & comments
Sergio Leone
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- 3112 votes
Oof.
Stanley Kubrick, from what I read here, was not really satisfied with this film and I can understand him well. You can see his good intentions here and there, but the execution is really too amateurish, theatrical and often even clumsy. This is largely due to the cast, who really suck at it. Then Kubrick's attempt at a somewhat brooding atmosphere quickly becomes a difficult story. The playing time of barely 1 hour has already become quite a sitting.
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kleintje 2
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- 981 votes
It is indeed very apt with the term "A child's drawing on a fridge" as is but keep reading. However, it is a very funny sight to have seen from a master like Kubrick. It's very philosophical in ways that don't really clarify what you're really looking at. It's an amateur production. But the first film you make also makes you as a director. It had something nice in terms of feeling, but please note that it does feel like a longer seat haha.
I found the movie in 4K on YouTube for free. For those interested, the link is here. It's legit, by the way, and it's the whole movie. The channel offers a lot of these forgotten films in 4K upscale. Go and try to download the movie yourself, as it is very rare on Blu-ray.
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james_cameron
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- 7062 messages
- 9828 votes
Mediocre debut from Stanley Kubrick. It is said that he himself was not at all pleased with it and has done his best all his life to make the work disappear from his filmography. With that in mind, the movie isn't that bad. There are a few strong moments and here and there Kubrick provides interesting visual details, but as a whole the film fails to impress. The meager budget and mediocre cast don't help either. I think the best scenes are those with the beautiful Virginia Leith, as the young woman who is captured by the soldiers.
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