CEASE FIRE! (1953) in 3-D
Newly restored in HD and 3-D by the 3-D Film Archive! One of the most unusual 3-D movies ever made, CEASE FIRE! began as an idea by director Owen Crump, who scripted military-themed short films for Warner Bros. in the 1940s and later produced the documentary short ONE WHO CAME BACK about the air evacuation of wounded U.S. soldiers who fought in the Korean War. Where most 3-D movies of the era used the format to accentuate and exaggerate artifice, CEASE FIRE! is the rare production to employ the stereoscopic process to heighten reality, emphasizing the brutality of combat, the vastness of a cold, unfamiliar terrain and the isolation felt by a patrol of valiant fighting men. Part documentary, part drama and part cinéma vérité, CEASE FIRE! remains a unique and remarkable achievement in filmmaking. (Note courtesy of Kino Lorber.) DIR/SCR Owen Crump; SCR Walter Doniger; PROD Hal B. Wallis. U.S., 1953, b&w, 75 min. In English and Korean with English subtitles. NOT RATED
AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 75 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, April 27, 2024
Genre: War
