Independent Films, Film Profiles

The Seafarers
by Stanley_Kubrick

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 canteen, and a union meeting. The film was shot in color, and was supervised by the staff of The Seafarers Log, the union magazine. For the cafeteria scene in the film, Kubrick chose a long, sideways-shooting dolly shot to establish the life of the seafarer's community; this shot is an early demonstration of a signature technique that Kubrick would use in his feature films.