Moderator Karlos Posted December 14, 2011 Moderator Share Posted December 14, 2011 http://www.aintitcool.com/node/52266 Kubrick’s first film Fear & Desire (1953) , gets a super-rare showing tonight in the States @ 8pm on TCM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShaOW!linDude Posted December 14, 2011 Member Share Posted December 14, 2011 Never even heard of it; much less seen it. Interesting. Will set the dvr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Karlos Posted December 14, 2011 Author Moderator Share Posted December 14, 2011 Never even heard of it; much less seen it. Interesting. Will set the dvr. Same here, bro. From the synopsis it sounds very interesting. Kubrick wanted all prints of it buried but thankfully some were put away. Add to this the extra 2001 footage and the recent discovery of the removed ending to The Shining - two more things I hope get a commercial release soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted December 14, 2011 Administrator Share Posted December 14, 2011 Thank you for the info Karlos! You better believe I'll be setting this to record. Wish I could somehow get it onto a disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DeathFuMaster Posted December 14, 2011 Member Share Posted December 14, 2011 Thank you for the info Karlos! You better believe I'll be setting this to record. Wish I could somehow get it onto a disc. I have my DVR set as well. A lost Kubrick film? How could I not watch that? And yes, getting this onto disc would be amazing, but I'm sure it will get released on DVD and Blu-ray very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ToryK Posted December 14, 2011 Member Share Posted December 14, 2011 Huge thanks, Karlos! This is going on the DVR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShaOW!linDude Posted December 15, 2011 Member Share Posted December 15, 2011 Okay, I just got through watching this. It's not but about an hour long. It's sort of Twilight Zone-ish. The dialogue is strange and the plot really didn't make a lot of sense to me. There's really no back story to the characters and they didn't seem to really be motivated by their.....motivations, I guess you'd say. I can understand why Kubrick didn't want this seen. Still, it's interesting to watch simply for the fact that it's his 1st film and what he went on to do as a director is leaps and bounds above this. Anyhow, that's my take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member massa_yoda Posted December 18, 2011 Member Share Posted December 18, 2011 Okay, I just got through watching this. It's not but about an hour long. It's sort of Twilight Zone-ish. The dialogue is strange and the plot really didn't make a lot of sense to me. There's really no back story to the characters and they didn't seem to really be motivated by their.....motivations, I guess you'd say. I can understand why Kubrick didn't want this seen. Still, it's interesting to watch simply for the fact that it's his 1st film and what he went on to do as a director is leaps and bounds above this. Anyhow, that's my take. I agree with this. 'The Kid' just kinda went crazy. He was meant to show how war can change you, but the portrayal wasn't very realistic. The whole film was very raw and unpolished. I could imagine Kubrick watching this and going crazy because he was such a perfectionist. Not quite the horror of the Star Wars Holiday Special that George Lucas tried to destroy all prints of. It's just okay. But I'm glad I saw it. I mean it's Kubrick's first film, it's rare, it's an important part of film history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member stills Posted December 18, 2011 Member Share Posted December 18, 2011 i thought there were hints of Kubrick to come in some parts. some of the sceens when the kid was alone w/ the tied up girl come to mind. if the C.O. of the group had done a little less acting, it would of helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShaOW!linDude Posted December 18, 2011 Member Share Posted December 18, 2011 Yeah, the CO, though married, came across as a bit of a perv when they spotted the women; spoke glibly; and ignored any disapproval of his command decisions as though he didn't really hear them. The kid becomes unhinged but it's very sporadic. The sarge obsessed about the enemy general, thinking his only purpose for meaning is to kill him. The other guy is just along for the ride it seems. They all seem rather rather lackadaisical about being behind enemy lines, lounging about as though on a summer Sunday picnic. Still, for the time it was made, it's pretty out there which makes it all the more a Kubrick film. I really kept expecting Rod Serling to pop up at any moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member stills Posted December 18, 2011 Member Share Posted December 18, 2011 1953 man that was awhile ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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