Review of Fear and Desire (1953) by Anna B — 26 Jun 2016

It's a bit silly and broad, and the short length does no favours to character development (everyone's gone crazy within 10 minutes). But even through the B-movie detritus Kubrick fashions a creepy, off-putting tone and atmosphere, and pulls off some lovely, if not amazing, little tricks in the editing and shot composition.

It's no masterpiece, but I had fun watching it, and would call it underrated. Don't necessarily trust an artist's opinion of his own work.