Brody R
Sussy relationship between the protagonists. Very odd film. Kubrick made something pretty tedious as far as documentaries go, after 'Flying Pedre' which as also boring. Both shorts tell stories with potential to be interesting with the dullest approach possible. This shows that the skills making people call Stanley Kubrick the "greatest filmmaker of all time" didn't develop until later in his career. I hardly see the talent here aside from a few creative shots.
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This is Stanley Kubrick's first-ever short film and you can see the potential. He spent $3,900 to make this and made a $100 profit by earning $4,000. It was just so fascinating to watch this knowing that this was the first thing Kubrick ever directed. What made this special was the fact he focused on the personal life of the boxer and not the fight. You can feel the anxiety and anticipation leading up to the fight. Great short film from, in my opinion, the greatest filmmaker ever.
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02/18/23
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This is an early short film made by the legendary Stanley Kubrick and you can already see the talent here. Its entire duration is devoted to a boxer as he prepares for the big day- his boxing match. Featuring some camera angles and techniques that became a staple in his later films Day of the fight should be a great film for students to watch as they understand one of the greatest filmmakers of the 21st century try his hands at a movie camera at the very beginning of a glorious career.
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02/27/23
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I imagine that if Kubrick didn't make this no one would really see it. Still it ends up being an interesting little bio on boxer Walter Cartier. More interesting overall than Flying Padre.
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01/28/23
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Kubrick's first short film about a day in the life of a boxer.
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02/09/23
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Purely for fans of Kubrick and other interested parties. This short b&w narrative lets us know the rotten lives of boxers. Time waiting for the fight is shown as the worst of it. To me, the best part of this short entry is the title itself.
Day Of The Fight shows Irish-American middleweight boxer Walter Cartier during the height of his career, on the day of a fight with black middleweight Bobby James, which took place on April 17, 1950.
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SEE part one and two of it here (but don't expect too much):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOot3_c87j0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIBfoheVUQs
Stanley Kubrick's [img]http://openbooksociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/8L2co.png[/img] first film "DAY OF THE FIGHT" 1951 A 16 min. documentary about a day in the life of an amateur boxer.
Other RT reviewers:
70%
The very first picture that Stanley Kubrick directed is a short black and white documentary that revolves around a boxer and his fight.
80%
it recalls me some "Raging Bull" scenes after i watched "day of the fight".
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NOTES:
1 Narrator Douglas Edwards was replaced by Walter Cronkite in 1962, but remained a noted voice on CBS Radio news programs until he retired in 1988. At this time, he was the anchor for the first daily television news program, on CBS, which would later be called Douglas Edwards with the News, and then The CBS Evening News.
2 Day of the Fight is the first credit on composer Gerald Fried's resume. Fried, a childhood friend of Stanley Kubrick, went on to score or conduct (or both) over 100 films. In 1977, he shared an Emmy Award with Quincy Jones for the music for the TV mini-series Roots, and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1976 for Birds Do It, Bees Do It.
3 Although the original planned buyer of the picture went out of business, Kubrick was able to sell Day of the Fight to RKO Pictures for $4,000, making a small benefit of $100 above the $3,900 cost of making the film.
4 While working as a photographer for Look magazine in the late '40s, Stanley Kubrick encountered Cartier through a photo shoot and article entitled "Prizefighter." Inspired, Kubrick met with him and created his first film, which was then purchased by RKO.
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Cast
Douglas Edwards as Narrator (voice only)
Walter Cartier as Himself (uncredited)
Vincent Cartier as Himself - Walter's twin brother (uncredited)
Nat Fleischer as Himself - boxing historian (uncredited)
Bobby James as Himself - Walter's opponent (uncredited)
Stanley Kubrick as Himself - man at ringside with camera (uncredited)
Alexander Singer as Himself -man at ringside with camera (uncredited)
Judy Singer as Herself - female fan in crowd (uncredited)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Produced by Stanley Kubrick
Jay Bonafield (uncredited)
Written by Robert Rein
(narration)
Stanley Kubrick
Narrated by Douglas Edwards (famous news anchorman on NBC television in the 1950's)
Music by Gerald Fried
Cinematography
Stanley Kubrick
Alexander Singer
Editing by
Julian Bergman
Stanley Kubrick (uncredited)
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date(s) April 26, 1951
Running time 16 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget US$3900
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01/19/23
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