Venice fest archives yield first Kubrick film

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 8 - The archives of the Venice Film Festival have yielded a copy of Stanley Kubrick's first film, Fear and Desire, sources said Wednesday.
    The then 23-year-old photographer presented the film, initially named Shape of Fear, at the world's oldest film festival in 1952.
    Film fest sources said a reconstruction of how the film came to be presented "already showed the genius of one of the foremost maestros in the history of cinema".
    Kubrick (1928-1999) made cinema milestones including Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Doctor Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, and Full Metal Jacket.
    His last film, Eyes Wide Shut, was completed shortly before his death in 1999 at the age of 70. (ANSA).