Thursday March 10 2022 |Fear and Desire USA 1953 d. Stanley Kubrick with Frank Silvera, Paul Mazursky , Kenneth Harp, Steve Coit and Virginia Leith. Black and white. 61 m. Preceded by Keep Your Mouth Shut Canada 1944 and Neighbours Canada 1952 both d. Norman McLaren 10 m
“…it augurs well for the comparative tyros who made it.” Janet Maslin
“Fear and Desire is Kubrick unfettered, for better or worse, a direct line into his own psychic geography and creative-intellectual landscapes. Even if it infrequently avails itself as totally compelling beyond its ‘any war’ premise, even this intellectualized setup on its own proves more imaginatively lucrative than the stiff, studio-financed war epics of the day.” John Semley
See Also: Paths of Glory (Kubrick, 1957), Full Metal Jacket (Kubrick, 1987)
Series: Spring 2022 :: ANTIWAR