The films greatest faultsthe script and the actingpale when compared to kubricks success as a director and editor. See the full list of fear and desire cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Kubrick directed, produced, shot, and edited fear and desire when he was 24 years old, using a principal cast of five and a budget, said to have been in the low five figures, that he mostly raised from one of his uncles. Theyll make their way to a nearby river, build a raft, and then, under cover of night, float back to friendly. The need for encouragement of fresh talent and its fairly common concommitant, the audacity of youth, was never made more pointed than in fear and desire, the drama fashioned by a tiny group of.
Kubricks attempt at filmmaking as a 25yearold kid who had just quit his full time job at look magazine. Nov 04, 2014 fear and desire 1953 frank silvera, paul mazursky, kenneth harp stanley kubrick feature drama. Fear and desire first saw release in 1953 at the guild theater in new york, thanks to the enterprising distributor joseph burstyn. 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. Four soldiers must confront their fears and desires.
Jan 19, 2009 fear and desire 1953, stanley kubrick leave a comment, 1953, drama, film fear and desire, frank silvera, gerald fried, howard sackler, joseph burstyn, kenneth harp, paul mazursky, stanley kubrick, virginia leith 19 january 2009 19 january 2009. Fear and desire 1953 hd stanley kubrick, frank silvera. Once kubrick made the transition to film, he cast her in fear and desire as a halfanimal peasant girl captured and eventually killed by a soldier played by paul mazursky. Pic is work of stanley kubrick, who produced, directed, photographed and edited. However, when they come across a local peasant girl the horrors of war quickly become apparent. If fear and desire is uneven and sometimes reveals an experimental rather than a polished exterior, its. Fear and desire 1953 stream and watch online moviefone. Although its script is more intellectual than explosive and its cast more garrulous than mobile, fear and desire evolves as a thoughtful, often expressive and engrossing view of men who have traveled far from their private boundaries.
He described the film as amateurish and that adjective certainly does describe the script well i was sort of stunned to see sackler went on to. And sidney is slowly unraveling in his shell shocked state. One suspects that kubrick did not find it disagreeable to know that the only traceable print of fear and desire was in private hands and not easily available for public screening. At this point he joined forces with producer james b. 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.
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. Fear and desire 1953 frank silvera, paul mazursky, kenneth harp stanley kubrick feature drama. As for the documentaries, day of the fight and flying padre are entertaining enough, they are informative, well put together and to the point. The ones that almost got away three films director. It does kubrick, one of the mediums entrenched high artists, no favors to overrate his debut. Includes a fiveminute interview with the director about the film. Killers kissunlike fear and desire is a very promising piece, despite its faults, and i notice throughout hints of almost all kubricks later movies from full metal jacket to 2001. Gallery of 8 movie poster and cover images for fear and desire 1953. Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires. Kubricks career as a director spanned nearly fifty years, but in that span of time the.
Now, with this new restoration carried out in 2012 by. Fear and desire restored full length 1953 kubricks. Now, with this new restoration carried out in 2012 by the library of congress, a film that for decades has remained nearly impossible to see will at last appear. But before even those came fear and desire, kubricks very first feature, an existential war movie produced in 1953 with money raised from his wealthy drugstoreowning uncle and proceeds from a job shooting secondunit on a documentary about the life of abraham lincoln. Four soldiers survive the crashlanding of their plane to find themselves in a forest six miles behind enemy lines. Fear and desire is a literate, unhackneyed war drama, outstanding for its fresh camera treatment and poetic dialog. Fear and desire 1953 posters the movie database tmdb. This is essentially a long promotional piece for the seafarers international union. 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 desires a mess to be sure, but its hard to understand why kubrick later strove to have it willfully forgotten.
Una pelicula dirigida por stanley kubrick con frank silvera, paul mazursky, kenneth harp, steve coit. Sep 12, 20 kubricks attempt at filmmaking as a 25yearold kid who had just quit his full time job at look magazine. Fear and desire 1953, stanley kubrick the stop button. In 1956, hed made the noir the killing on the cheap. With frank silvera, kenneth harp, paul mazursky, stephen coit. Friedkin, however, has disagreed with this assessment.
Seeing and hearing the country of the mind in fear and desire. After their airplane crashes behind enemy lines, four soldiers must survive and try to find a way back to their battalion. However, when they come across a local peasant girl the. Cast and crew production company stanley kubrick productions producer stanley kubrick associate producer martin perveler directorphotographyeditor stanley kubrick script howard o. Apr 06, 2017 the press at the time mostly sang the films praises. Theyll make their way to a nearby river, build a raft, and then, under cover of night, float back to friendly territory. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Sorcerer is a 1977 american adventure drama neo noir thriller film directed and produced by william friedkin and starring roy scheider, bruno cremer, francisco rabal, and amidou. The ponderous war moviewritten by future pulitzer prize winner howard sacklerimpressed a few major critics and was picked up for theatrical distribution in 1953, but neither fear and desire nor kubricks 1955 independent feature killers kiss made much money or drew much attention, and after stanley kubrick became stanley kubrick.
Kubrick supervised the video and cd collection and demanded that three of his films fear and desire 1953, killers kiss 1955 and spartacus 1960 not be included. 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 way downriver. Accompanying fear and desire here is another film stanley kubrick made in 1953, a halfhour documentary called the seafarers. But the big news is the television premiere of fear and desire, stanley kubricks 1953 first feature. Fear and desire is a 1953 american antiwar film directed, produced, and edited by stanley kubrick, and written by howard. Fear and desire 1953 04011953 us drama, war 1h 2m user score. Though the film is not about any specific war, it was produced and released during the height of the korean war. Telly addict andrew collins casts his critical eye over new worlds above, klondike, the trip to italy, endeavour and monkey planet.
Fear and desire opened in 1953 in rockefeller center but since then, even film scholars havent been able to see it. And perfectionists, unfortunately, are rarely prolific. The press at the time mostly sang the films praises. Fear and desire is a 1953 american antiwar film directed, produced, and edited by stanley kubrick, and written by howard sackler. Both fear and desire and the seafarers have been beautifully restored.
There are ways through which we too can begin to think about how others may have similarly. The george eastman house in rochester recently restored a print and bruce goldstein of new yorks film forum, jumped at the chance to show the young directors debut. However, when they come across a local peasant girl the horrors of war. Fear and desire is the ambitious first feature film by legendary filmmaker stanley kubrick. Shot and edited by kubrick, its notably his first color effort. Trapped 4 desperate men and a strange halfanimal girl. An existential war film that is often compared with kubricks paths of glory 1957 among three kubrick films selected for the librarys national film registry and full metal jacket 1987, fear and desire follows a squad of soldiers who have crashlanded behind enemy lines and must work their way downriver to rejoin their unit.
The 1953 war film generated lukewarm interest at the box office, and after distributor joseph burstyn died, it was taken out of circulation. The new york times wrote that, if fear and desire is uneven and sometimes reveals an experimental rather than a polished exterior, its. Fletcher is the quiet soldier who dutifully obeys orders, but not without fear. Overview of fear and desire, 1953, directed by stanley kubrick, with frank silvera, kenneth harp, paul mazursky, at turner classic movies. Virtually unseen since its theatrical premiere in 1953, fear and desire is the ambitious first feature film by legendary filmmaker stanley kubrick. Kubrick then scraped together the financing for another lowbudget effort, a boxingrelated film noir romance, killers kiss 1955. Original music gerald fried written by howard sackler cinematography, edited, produced, directed by. Oct 26, 2012 it does kubrick, one of the mediums entrenched high artists, no favors to overrate his debut. Virtually unseen since its theatrical premiere in 1953, fear and desire was the ambitious first feature film by legendary filmmaker stanley kubrick.