Independently financed with contributions from stanley kubricks family and friends in an era when an independent cinema was still far from the norm, fear and desire first saw release in 1953 at the guild theater in new york, thanks to the enterprising distributor joseph burstyn. Then i wouldve had to go curl up into a ball and reconsider my life, wondering if perhaps i just dont get movies as much as i think. It tells the tale of four soldiers stranded behind enemy lines a sound enough premise, you would think, but it goes bellyup the moment a voiceover proclaims that this could be any war, in any time or place. Fear and desire is a film directed by stanley kubrick with frank silvera, kenneth harp, paul mazursky, steve coit, year. The dialogue and acting are just above bmovie level, with enough philosophy that becomes simply too much for a short run time. Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires. Yet very few people have actually seen stanley kubricks feature film debut, fear and desire 1953, because the young director, after heavily promoting it at the time of its release, later revisited the effort and found it an embarrassing apprentice work and withdrew it from circulation where it remained unseen for decades. You beg me to build you a monument and as it grew, oh, so did all my regret is this what you wanted. This is essentially a long promotional piece for the seafarers international union. Fear and desire 1953 is noted amongst film enthusiasts as being the first feature length film of legendary director and screenwriter stanley kubrick. Fear and desire 1953 hd stanley kubrick, frank silvera. If youve made something about as good as an early twilight zone episode.
Rent fear and desire 1953 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Not rated, 1 h 2 min frank silvera, kenneth harp, paul mazursky, stephen coit director. With a production team of only fifteen people, the film was kubricks feature directorial debut. With frank silvera, kenneth harp, paul mazursky, stephen coit. Desperate to escape, they decide to build a raft and travel up the nearby river into allied country. It is a failure as a movie, but in the context of a collective lauded career, it is an interesting early hint of a young filmmakers desire for elitist. Kubrick then scraped together the financing for another lowbudget effort, a boxingrelated film noir romance, killers kiss 1955. Fear and desire 1953 stream and watch online moviefone.
It does kubrick, one of the mediums entrenched high artists, no favors to overrate his debut. Released march 31st, 1953, fear and desire stars frank silvera, paul mazursky, kenneth harp, stephen coit the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 8 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Fear and desire 1953 frank silvera, paul mazursky, kenneth harp stanley kubrick feature drama. Fear and desire 1953 fear and desire 1953 drama thriller war.
Fear and desire is one of those tyro efforts thats all about a creative genius learning how not to do it. There are some evocative visual compositions foreshadowing his penchant for creative cinematography and the screenplay tries to be an allegory for the. Stanley kubricks early short film, the seafarers, in a new hd restoration. Fear and desire is a 1953 american military actionadventure film directed, produced, shot, and edited by stanley kubrick. The films greatest faultsthe script and the actingpale when compared to kubricks success as a director and editor.
Adding to this initial infamy is the fact that kubrick frowned upon the film in his later years, calling it amateurish which in his eyes and when compared to his other masterpieces, it most. See the full list of fear and desire cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. He described the film as amateurish and that adjective certainly does describe the script well i was sort of stunned to see sackler went. Stanley kubrick in fear and desire 1953 paul mazursky in fear and desire 1953 paul. Strah i zudnja je americki crnobijeli ratni fim snimljen 1953.
Killers kissunlike fear and desireis a very promising piece, despite its faults, and i notice throughout hints of almost all kubricks later movies from full metal jacket to 2001. Fear and desire, stanley kubrick english with russian subtitles. The group pfa released bdrip of 1953s war drama fear and desire. This sale is for fear and desire 1953 with english subtitles on dvd. An existential war film often compared with the directors paths and glory 1957 and full metal jacket 1987, fear and desire follows a squad of soldiers who have crashlanded behind enemy lines and must work. As for the documentaries, day of the fight and flying padre are entertaining enough, they are informative, well put together and to the point. Fear and desire 1953 stanley kubricks feature debut after three short subjects as photographer, editor, producer and director, fear and desire, is an extremely low budget war drama with art house pretensions. We currently have 2,071,742 subtitles for 58,568 movies and 6,635 series in 100 languages in our database of which 61,1 are made by the community, 99,052 are adapted for hearing impaired and hardofhearing sdh viewers. An existential war film often compared with the directors paths of glory 1957 and full metal jacket 1987, fear and desire follows a squad of soldiers who have crashlanded behind enemy lines and must work their. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Four soldiers survive the crashlanding of their plane to find themselves in a forest six miles behind enemy lines.
These dvds will play on any dvd player anywhere in the world region free. Paura e desiderio fear and desire trailer italiano ufficiale stanley kubrick. If fear and desire is uneven and sometimes reveals an experimental rather than a polished exterior, its overall effect is entirely worthy of the sincere effort put into it. At this point he joined forces with producer james b. Virtually unseen since its theatrical premiere in 1953, fear and desire is the ambitious first feature film by legendary filmmaker stanley kubrick. For decades, fear and desire was touted as kubricks lost film, and. Shot and edited by kubrick, its notably his first color effort. Fear and desire not rated 1h 2min drama, thriller, war 1 april 1953 usa four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires. Fear and desires a mess to be sure, but its hard to understand why kubrick later strove to have it willfully forgotten. Frank silvera, kenneth harp, paul mazursky, stephen coit, fear and desire is a movie starring frank silvera, kenneth harp, and paul mazursky. Rent fear and desire 1953 starring frank silvera and kenneth harp on dvd and bluray. Fear and desire is a 1953 american antiwar film directed, produced, and edited by stanley kubrick, and written by howard sackler. Mac macclellan and soldiers fletcher and young sidney crashes in a forest behind enemy lines, corby immediately forms a plan to follow the nearby river to the front line by building a raft and traveling by night.
Fear and desire 1953, stanley kubrick the stop button. Financial analysis of fear and desire 1953 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Fear and desire is the feature debut of cinematic super genius stanley kubrick, and the real mark of his intelligence is that he tried to have every copy of it destroyed. One of the soldiers was played by paul mazursky, who later went on to a distinguished directorial career of his own. Optional english sdh subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. Four soldiers whose plane has crashed discover theyre behind enemy lines in an unnamed country. Accompanying fear and desire here is another film stanley kubrick made in 1953, a halfhour documentary called the seafarers. There have been 1,902,074,481 subtitle downloads, 127,739 comments on subtitles and 169,752 rates given to subtitles.
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