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Fear and Desire is the first feature-length film of Stanley Kubrick, in black and white, left in 1953.

Synopsis

This film, produced with the assistance of close relations of Kubrick describes the life of a group of soldiers taken behind the enemy lines at the time of an imaginary war.

At the end of film, the soldiers face and realize that they face themselves: the two opposite factions are interpreted by the same actors.

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For this first feature-length film, Stanley Kubrick had a very modest budget (20 000$) which obliged it to carry out itself the major technical part of film.

In spite of the inexperience of the actors and the engineering team, the film received good criticisms and was distributed in the Art circuit and Test of New York, marking the recognition of the potential of the young realizer. This film is also the beginning of career of Paul Mazursky more known like realizer.

Stanley Kubrick tardily tried to make disappear this film, regarding it as a film amateur. He repurchased the majority of the copies in circulation but two are always held by the George Eastman House with Rochester (State of New York).

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