What is Fear and Desire / Shorts about?

“The Skipping Cheeses” (1907, 5 min.) Directed by Georges Méliès. This short offers an early 20th century warning to anyone boarding French public transport who might be sensitive to smell. “A Western Girl” (1911, 10 min.) Starring director John Ford’s influential older brother, Francis Ford, this film serves as one of the few surviving films from the lesser-known American outpost of Méliès’ Star Film Company in San Antonio, Texas. “Early 28mm Animation” (1918, 5 min.) A product of a pioneering animation company, the Bray Studios, this short features a young character who spends most of his time inciting havoc and chaos in his neighborhood. FEAR AND DESIRE, 1953, 72 min. Numerous rumors surround the creation of director Stanley Kubrick’s first feature film. Often thought to be a student film, it was later disavowed and destroyed by its director, but not before it played in a few art house cinemas at the time of its release.

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What is Fear and Desire / Shorts about?: “The Skipping Cheeses” (1907, 5 min.) Directed by Georges Méliès. This short offers an early 20th century warning to anyone boarding French public transport who might be sensitive to smell.
“A Western Girl” (1911, 10 min.) Starring director John Ford’s influential older brother, Francis Ford, this film serves as one of the few surviving films from the lesser-known American outpost of Méliès’ Star Film Company in San Antonio, Texas.
“Early 28mm Animation” (1918, 5 min.) A product of a pioneering animation company, the Bray Studios, this short features a young character who spends most of his time inciting havoc and chaos in his neighborhood.
FEAR AND DESIRE, 1953, 72 min. Numerous rumors surround the creation of director Stanley Kubrick’s first feature film. Often thought to be a student film, it was later disavowed and destroyed by its director, but not before it played in a few art house cinemas at the time of its release.