#Fear and desire

[sacredwhores]

Stanley Kubrick - Fear and Desire (1952)

[facingthefossegrim]

then 。now 。

He Tian stroking Mo's lips.

then 。

now 。

Credits: yaoi-blcd (chapter 170 translations) and Old Xian (chapter 410) 。

[nitrateglow]

I wrote about Kubrick's first feature film on my Wordpress.

[brokehorrorfan]

Fear and Desire will be released on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on February 27 via Kino Lorber. Also known as Shape of Fear, the 1952 war drama/thriller includes reversible artwork.

Stanley Kubrick (The Shining, 2001: A Space Odyssey) makes his feature directorial debut from from a script by Howard Sackler (Jaws 2, Killers Kiss). Frank Silvera, Paul Mazursky, Kenneth Harp, Steve Coit, and Virginia Leith star, with narration by David Allen.

Both cuts of 70-minute and 62-minute cuts have been newly restored in 4K from the 35mm original cut negative and the 35mm fine grain master with Dolby Vision/HDR. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Eddy Von Mueller on 70-minute cut (new)

Audio commentary by film historian Gary Gerani on 62-minute cut (new)

Flying Padre - 1951 short film by Stanley Kubrick restored in 4K from the original 35mm print

Day of the Fight - 1951 short film by Stanley Kubrick restored in 4K from the original 35mm print

The Seafarers - 1953 short film by Stanley Kubrick restored in 4K from the 16mm A/B camera negatives and a 16mm print

Killer's Kiss, The Killing, and Paths of Glory trailers

Four soldiers return to their senses after crash-landing in a forest behind enemy lines. Blindly navigating their way back to their unit, they attack an isolated cabin occupied by enemy soldiers, 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 silently past or stage a violent confrontation with their doppelgängers.

Pre-order Fear and Desire.

[thealmightyemprex]

WAtched Kubricks Fear and DEsire and....Hooo boy

SO I love looking into the early works of auteurs,cause despite what you hear they seldom arrive fully formed ,but with benefit of hindsight you can see the start of brilllaince.SO I decided to check out the first film of Stanley Kubrick .If you wanna know my credentials ,I am not a super fan but I am fairly well versed in Kubrick ,having seen most of his features with the exceptions this film ,Killers Kiss ,The Killing,Barry Lyndon and Eyes Wide Shut (THough I only saw Clockwork Orange and Lolita once a long time ago and I dont remeber the second half of Full Metal Jacket AT ALL).Also for those curious my top 5 is 5.PAths of Glory 4. Sparticus 3.The Shining 2.2001 1.Dr Strangelove and I am just stalling cause Fear and Desire SUCKS ,it is....hilariously terrible .Like you do have seeds of the filmaker to be:IT looks gorgeous with the way it is shot and it dives int ant war themes (Kubrick loves anti war themes ).I also like the performance of FRank Silveraand the idea that its a nebulouys alternate relaity .....But all the rest of the acting is terrible ,the dialogue is pretentious,the constant voice overs are grating ,and its just unintentionally funny ,especially when one soldier declares himself a fish after going insane.I was laughing part of the time and bored the rest .......This is easilly his worst film that I have seen so far

@ariel-seagull-wings @filmcityworld1 @the-blue-fairie @amalthea9 @scarletblumburtonofeastlondon @angelixgutz @marquisedemasque @autistic-prince-cinderella @princesssarisa @themousefromfantasyland @theancientvaleofsoulmaking

[wheredafandomat]

When I wrote this I was like omg the bitches gon love this - I am bitches and I loved it

[rwpohl]

*

[ruporas]

and together we set out on a journey to find treasure! (id in alt)

[sad-writers]

l'appel du vide

I am afraid of dying

I am so afraid that I listen to true crime podcasts every day and watch documentaries about disasters and hospital television shows. 

I am so afraid that I walk alone at night. I never look before I cross the street. I never lock my doors.

I am so afraid that I obsess over death. I think about it all the time, I am infatuated with it. I am besotted, fascinated, enamored by it.

I am so “afraid of death” that I want it to happen to me right now. I want to be dead right now. I wish someone would come and kill me. Wish some animal would come and eat me up, piece by terrified piece. I wish my house would catch fire and no one could put it out. I wish there was a gaping fissure in the ground and it swallowed me whole. I wish the sun would collide with the Earth tomorrow. Please end me. It doesn’t matter how, just end me! Right this second preferably but I can wait an hour or two. A day even. I just can’t take it anymore. I want it. I want it so bad it keeps me up at night, my hands start to shake and I feel that feeling and I know it. I know it like anyone could ever know anything. I want to be dead. I’ll do anything. Anything at all. Anything.

n.

[llamahearted]

what's worse -- feeling the depths of your desire for the first time, or having all your closest friends around to witness it?

prints ♣︎ song

[infernal-lamb]

some rushed doodles of our new goat darling........I have so many plans for them

[greensparty]

Remembering Gerald Fried and Oliver Wood

Here is my combined remembrance of two entertainers we lost this weekend:

Remembering Gerald Fried 1928-2023

Oscar winning composer Gerald Fried as died at 95. He was a close collaborator with Stanley Kubrick composing his films Day of the Fight, Fear and Desire, Killer's Kiss, The Killing, and Paths of Glory. Music played a vital role in all of those films and the last two are quite memorable.

One of the Star Trek soundtrack albums from Fried

Fried also composed a lot of memorable music in television including Gilligan's Island (CBS 1964-1967), Star Trek (NBC 1966-1969), and Roots (ABC 1977).

The link above is the obit from Hollywood Reporter.

Oliver Wood 1942-2023

Cinematographer Oliver Wood has died at 80. He was director of photography on Miami Vice (NBC 1984-1989), Die Hard 2, John Woo’s phenomenal Face/Off, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum. 

one of the many shots captured by Wood, this one in Face/Off

The link above is the obit from Hollywood Reporter.

[tofixtheshadows]

So I've been thinking lately about how Mithrun is Kabru's dark mirror (more on that another time- it needs its own post), and I thought it interesting that one of their parallels is that they were both cared for by Milsiril, but in opposite directions. She took Kabru in as her foster after he was orphaned and tried to convince him not to become an adventurer. On the flip side, she helped rehabilitate Mithrun specifically so that he could rejoin the Canaries.

And I kept wondering: why?

For Kabru, obviously she loves him a whole lot- despite any other shortcomings in their relationship, I do believe that.

So I get why she tries to convince him not to go dungeoning, and, failing that, at least prepares him as thoroughly as she can.

But why help Mithrun? She used to hate Mithrun, but after realizing what a secretly twisted person he was, she actually thought of him more positively (oh, Milsiril). So it wasn't as if she held the kind of grudge that might motivate her to make his already-depleted life even more miserable by sending him back to the dungeons. And it wasn't that she felt bad for him either, since she didn't visit Mithrun for the first ~20 years of his recovery.

The Adventurer's Bible says that Utaya was the impetus for Mithrun returning to the Canaries, but Milsiril is the one who made the trip to see him and tell him about it.

Why would Milsiril work so hard to get her old coworker back into fighting fit? Why encourage him to return to such a dangerous lifestyle, when she was the one who chose not to mercy-kill him?

That last panel is such a crazy thing to hint at and then never elaborate on. Without it we could have just thought that Milsiril wanted the Canaries' work to continue without her, even if it seemed out of character. I think some people even assume she's just a natural caretaker as a foster mom and handwave it to include nursing Mithrun too. What could Milsiril's suspicious motives be? What does she gain from Mithrun joining the Canaries that isn't an altruistic desire to see dungeons safely sealed? Feeling a sense of responsibility for the work she left behind isn't an ulterior motive.

My theory is: Milsiril, knowing that Mithrun was empty save for the burning desire to face the demon again, wound him up like a clockwork doll and pointed him back at the dungeons.

Hoping that he'd eliminate the biggest threat to Kabru's life, before it was too late for him.

Milsiril the puppetmaster.

[raepliica]

Take to the skies

...and fly free

[wheredafandomat]

Throwback to when I was clearly taking crack when writing fics 🤣🤣