Fear and desire / Joseph Burstyn presents ; written by Howard Sackler ; produced, directed by Stanley Kubrick.

Stanley Kubrick's first film. Shows the universality of human behaviors under combat conditions. During a war "outside history", four soldiers survive the crash of their plane in enemy territory. As they attempt to escape to their own lines they encounter enemy soldiers (who look like them) and a wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author: Fried, Gerald (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Joseph Burstyn, Inc (Distributor)
Library of Congress
Kino Classics (Firm)
Other Authors: Kubrick, Stanley (Producer)
Sackler, Howard (Screenwriter)
Silvera, Frank, 1914-1970 (Actor)
Mazursky, Paul (Actor)
Harp, Kenneth (Actor)
Coit, Stephen (Actor)
Leith, Virginia, 1932-2019 (Actor)
Allen, David (Narrator)
Wood, Bret (Producer)
Language:English
Published: New York : Kino Classics, [2012]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Airplane crash survival > Drama.
Combat > Psychological aspects > Drama.
Soldiers > Drama.
Airplane crash survival.
Combat > Psychological aspects.
Soldiers.
Feature.
War.
Feature films.
War films.
Fiction films.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature.
War.
Feature films.
War films.
Fiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 61 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Stanley Kubrick's Fear and desire.
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Description
Summary:
Stanley Kubrick's first film. Shows the universality of human behaviors under combat conditions. During a war "outside history", four soldiers survive the crash of their plane in enemy territory. As they attempt to escape to their own lines they encounter enemy soldiers (who look like them) and a woman. Three go to build a raft to carry them to safety while the one soldier left to guard the woman tries to seduce her. She flees. He kills her, then goes mad. The three other soldiers attack an enemy outpost. They seize an enemy plane and escape.
Note:"35mm archival restoration"--Container.
DVD release of the 1953 motion picture.
Produced in association with the Library of Congress.
Special features: The seafarers / directed, photographed and edited by Stanley Kubrick ; written by Will Chasan (1953 : col. ; 28 min.), a short subject film, restored and remastered.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CY9 D0143756 Blu-ray Video
Credits:Cinematographer and editor, Stanley Kubrick ; music, Gerald Fried ; produced for video by Bret Wood.
System Details:Blu-ray disc; region A; 1080p; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio); digital sound.
Requires Blu-ray player.
Blu-ray disc: Not compatible with standard DVD players; requires Blu-ray disc player.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator, David Allen.
Cast:
Frank Silvera, Paul Mazursky, Kenneth Harp, Steve Coit, Virginia Leith.