Fear and Desire

Name: Fear and Desire
Genre: Drama, War
Released: March 31, 1953
Duration: 72 min

1953

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Joseph Burstyn | Release Date: March 31, 1953

Summary: Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires.

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Genre(s): Drama, War

Runtime: 72 min

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A.H. Weiler

Sep 21, 2023

In essaying a dissection of the minds of men under the stress of war, Stanley Kubrick, 24-year-old, producer-director-photographer, and his equally young and unheralded scenarist and cast, have succeeded in turning out a moody, often visually powerful study of subdued excitements. Read full review

Nick Schager

Mar 27, 2012

For all its heavy-handed gloom and stylistic unevenness, Fear and Desire has a certain fierceness that's hard to shake. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Mar 27, 2012

Treat it like a wobbly, precocious demo from a 24-year-old with mighty aspirations, filled with hints of what he would become, and you'll be properly enthralled. Read full review

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