Director: Stanley Kubrick | Synopsis: Based on Kubrick's pictorial for Look Magazine (January 18, 1949) entitled "Prizefighter," "Day Of The Fight" tells of a day in the life of a middleweight Irish boxer named Walter Cartier, particularly the day of his bout with black middleweight Bobby James. This 16-minute short opens with a short (about 4 minutes) study of boxing's history, narrated by veteran newscaster Douglas Edwards in a no-nonsense, noir tone of voice. After this, we follow Walter (and his twin brother Vincent) through his day as he prepares for his 10:00 P.M. bout. After eating breakfast, going to early mass and eating lunch, he starts arranging his things for the fight at 4:00 P.M. By 8:00, he is waiting in his dressing room, where he undergoes a mental transformation, turning into the fighting machine the crowd clamors for. At 10:00, he faces James, and soon, he comes out victorious in a short match which was filmed live on April 17th, 1950. / Ce documentaire, premier film de Kubrick, est consacré au boxeur poids moyen irlandais Walter Cartier sur lequel le cinéaste avait fait un reportage photo, intitulé "Prizefighter", pour le magazine Look.

Synopsis: Le zéro est une représentation possible de nos destinées. Nous naissons du néant en tentant par nos actions d'abolir le hasard et la fatalité, puis nous retournons au néant car la mort a toujours interdit à l'homme de faire sauter la banque.