The Seafarers

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Not to be confused with The Seafarer.

The Seafarers
Directed by	Stanley Kubrick
Produced by	Stanley Kubrick
Written by	Will Chasen
Starring	Don Hollenbeck (Narrator)
Release date(s)	1953
Running time	30 min.
Language	English
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The Seafarers is Stanley Kubrick's third film, a short for the Seafarers International Union, directed in June of 1953.

There are shots of ships, machinery, a naked woman (possibly to keep the union members' attention), a canteen, and a union meeting. The film was shot in color, and was supervised by the staff of The Seafarers Log, the union magazine.

One memorable scene in the film takes place in a cafeteria. Kubrick chose a long, sideways-shooting dolly shot to establish the life of the seafarer's community. This shot is unmistakably a Stanley Kubrick sequence, and calls to mind his acknowledged influence Max Ophüls.

External links

The Seafarers at the Internet Movie Database

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Short films	Day of the Fight (1951) • Flying Padre (1951) • The Seafarers (1953)
1950s	Fear and Desire (1953) • Killer's Kiss (1955) • The Killing (1956) • Paths of Glory (1957)
1960s	Spartacus (1960) • Lolita (1962) • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
1970s	A Clockwork Orange (1971) • Barry Lyndon (1975)
1980s	The Shining (1980) • Full Metal Jacket (1987)
1990s	Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
See also	Artificial Intelligence: A.I. (2001) • Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)