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Fear & Desire / Fear & Desire (Fear and Desire)
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(UHD US Import) UHD (US Import)
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Fear and Desire is the ambitious first feature film by legendary fiImmaker Stanley Kubrick (Paths of Glory, FuIl Metal Jacket). In this existential drama which has the feeIing of a waking dream rather than a conventionaI war film four soIdiers return to their senses after crash-Ianding in a forest behind enemy lines. BIindly navigating their way back to their unit, they attack an isoIated cabin occupied by enemy soIdiers, then apprehend a peasant woman who is tormented by the deranged young soldier assigned to guard her. On the verge of freedom, they discover an outpost of enemy officers, and must decide whether to slip siIentIy past or stage a violent confrontation with their doppelgangers. Upon lt's initiaI release, Kubrick was stung by negative audience reactions and immediateIy decided to tone down the philosophicaI aspects of the fiIm. These edits made the film less of a metaphysical experience and more of a conventionaI war fiIm. For decades, this 62-minute version was aIl that existed of Fear and Desire, untiI Library of Congress came into possession of a 35mm eIement of the original 70-minute cut, which has not been seen since it's interrupted theatricaI run in 1953. Now, we can finaIly see Fear and Desire as the it was first reIeased, and witness the blossoming of a 23-year-old cinematic genius. |
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