Who has seen this film will know that even though Sir Stanley Kubrick did this film for dee money - he was 24 yrs old. But as usual, when he puts his mind to it, he always goes for broke...
VERY UNDER-RATED film.....its that dam good!!!! Don't dimiss it...check it out NOW
Classic Kubrick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Only two of Kubs three short films are avaliable in film print, this is one!!!
The Seafarers (1953), is dee only one that is only available on video. There are many NTSC-VHS copies floatin' around - as well as Day of the Fight (1951) and Flying Padre. I saw this film print at special screening at dee Ontario Cinermatheque (part of dee Ontario Art Gallery - Toronto's MONA). But that was rarer than rare.
Good luck tracking down a NTSC-VHS of his three shorts (it usually includes Fear and Desire - his first feature, impossible to get)
Shang Shang Shangers...
I really don't get why you like it that much...
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Well folks,
Even though FLYING PADRE (1951) was Kub's second film, it was his "first" as just a pure filmmaker. Yes, Day of the Fight was his first - it was shot in 1950 and released in April, 1951. But that film was an experiment, he was a photographer. In the Jan 18, 1949 issue of LOOK MAGAZINE, Kub had his most successful (and best to date) photo essay, entitled "Prizefighter" and was a day in the life of boxer Walter Cartier and his manger, Vincent, who just happens to be his twin brother. But all his first film did was turn dee photo essay into a film.
Kub was so green to film that on his first-ever day of filming with a 35mm motion picture camera, that he had to get the camera rental house technician had to spend a few hours with Kub explaining how dee dam thing worked, and off he went to begin filming dee photo essay - it was a gamble for him because it cost him $3000, and was lucky to sell it to RKO for $3500. That was all good an fine but what changed for ever (and by the way folks, the ONLY time Kub ever cried in public folks), was dee world premiere screening of Day of the Fight, in April, 1951 in Manhatten, as a short in front of some nlong-forgotten Robert Mitchium picture. Seeing that film on the big screen, with an audience, and sitting in dee balcony Kub had an revelation and balded his eyes out (hanky please), and right then and there decided to abandon photography and concentrate soley on making films. One of the greatest decisions of the 20-century I might add.
So, it was RKO Picture that suggested he do FLYING PADRE, and it came with financing, well how can you pass that up. So with new profession in hand and a studio asking him to do dee film he set out to New Mexico. Plus Kub did have his piliots liscense (which he still had to dee day he died). It was totally different then his part-time effort of Day of the Fight.
Hope that sheds some light on dee matter.
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okay, no i don't personally see this film as anything great but it is important none the less. It gave the master his first stage (okay second what ever) to work on and begin to become the spectcualar director he became, so this film should no be celebrated for the masterful piece of work it is but wrather that it developed the skills of my (and many otheres) hero
also you can find this film on youtube.com
I think it's an ok film, nothing really mindblowing. Still, loved watching it and found it quite interesting as I'm a big fan of Kubrick. I was quite impressed by the close-ups of the faces of the people who were watching that funeral...Somehow that part was quite effective for me. Anyway, great to see one of the very first works of someone such as Kubrick.
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Uh, negative. There is nothing good about this film, other than the fun of watching it knowing it's Kubrick's. That adds a layer of interest that would otherwise not be there.
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