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Fear and Desire

1953 · 62 min

A stark, dreamlike war parable that feels like an early, uneasy experiment in dread and psychological unraveling.

Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Genres: Drama, War
Starring: Frank Silvera, Kenneth Harp, Paul Mazursky

Tagline: Trapped… 4 desperate men and a strange half-animal girl!
Overview: After their airplane crashes behind enemy lines, four soldiers must survive and try to find a way back to their battalion. However, when they come across a local peasant girl the horrors of war quickly become apparent.

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Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Genres: Drama, War
Starring: Frank Silvera, Kenneth Harp, Paul Mazursky

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: war
madness
isolation
death
survival
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	3
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	0
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, war
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Written by: Howard Sackler
Starring: Frank Silvera, Kenneth Harp, Paul Mazursky, Stephen Coit, Virginia Leith, David Allen
Music: Gerald Fried
Cinematography: Stanley Kubrick
Runtime: 62 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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