Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires.Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires.Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires.
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- TriviaStanley Kubrick later denounced this film as amateurish, saying he considered it like a child's drawing on a fridge.
- GoofsThe shots of the dead girl show her either with her face three-quarter turned to the ground (close shot) or with her face looking straight out to the side (long shot). This may be deliberate due to the surreal nature of the scene, namely the mental state of her killer.
- Quotes
Lieutenant Corby: Well, we have nothing to lose but our futures.
- Crazy creditsPreserved by the Library of Congress - Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation
- Alternate versionsBlu-ray Disc releases in America also include The Seafarers, a short film from Kubrick, as a bonus feature. The European Masters of Cinema release also includes two additional shorts, Day of the Fight and Flying Padre.
- ConnectionsEdited into Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità (2022)
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A Bust, As Kubrick Knew
Kubrick's visual flair is undone by a pretentious script and uneven acting. Then too the storyline is a real stretch, so, all in all, I can see why the legendary filmmaker disowned this his first feature length effort. Nonetheless, there's all kind of tension implicit in four guys trapped behind enemy lines. So the premise has real potential. Too bad the script seems more interested in literary tropes than their life-and-death anguish. It's hard to be absorbed into the characters when they're spouting dialogue from Shakespeare. After all, these are supposed to be ordinary guys, not someone declaiming from center stage. And just who decided Pvt. Fletcher should impersonate a dopey clown that's about as humorous and affecting as a kick in the shins. And what about the girl whose deadpan expression never changes regardless the provocation. Clearly, at this stage, Kubrick is more skilled with camera than with actors. All in all, there may be something profound somewhere in the mess, but excuse me if I don't go digging in what may be a fool's errand.
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- dougdoepke
- Aug 4, 2019
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- Budget
- $33,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $953
- Runtime1 hour 2 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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