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The killing
Title
The killing [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; Harris-Kubrick presents ; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick ; produced by James B. Harris ; directed by Stanley Kubrick.
ISBN
9781604654660
160465466X
Edition
Two-DVD special ed.
Published
[New York] : Criterion Collection, c2011.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (85 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Notes
Based on the novel: "Clean Break" by Lionel White.
DVD release of the 1956 motion picture.
"DVD edition"--Disc label.
Includes booklet (19 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) featuring an essay by film historian Haden Guest and a reprinted interview with actress Marie Windsor.
Special features (disc 1): new digital restoration; new video interview with producer James B. Harris; excerpted interviews with actor Sterling Hayden from the French television series Cinéma cinémas; new video interview with poet and author Robert Polito about writer Jim Thompson; trailer.
Special features (disc 2): restored high-definition digital transfer; new video appreciation of Killer's Kiss featuring film critic Geoffrey O'Brien; trailer.
Director of photography, Lucien Ballard ; film editor, Betty Steinberg ; music composed and conducted by Gerald Fried.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Summary
The Killing: "Stanley Kubrick's account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood's tautest, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson, and a phenomenal cast of character actors, including Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Timothy Carey, and Elisha Cook Jr., The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. With its precise tracking shots and gratifying sense of irony, it's Kubrick to the core"--Container.
Killer's kiss: A boxer in New York protects a nightclub dancer, not knowing that her boss is a gangster.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 06, 2011
Series
Criterion Collection ; 575
Credits
Director of photography, Lucien Ballard ; film editor, Betty Steinberg ; music composed and conducted by Gerald Fried.
Performers
The Killing: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Ted DeCorsia, Marie Windsor.
Killer's kiss: Frank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene Kane
System details note
DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital mono.; aspect ratio 1.66:1, enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs.
Audience
Not rated.
Contents
Disc 1. The killing (1956)
disc 2. Killer's kiss / United Artists ; a Minotaur production ; story by Stanley Kubrick ; produced by Stanley Kubrick and Morris Bousel ; edited, photographed and directed by Stanley Kubrick ; music composed and conducted by Gerald Fried (1955 ; 67 min. ; sd., b&w).
Videorecording number
CC2048DDVD The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Film noir.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Gangster films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Also listed under
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
United Artists Corporation.
Minotaur Productions.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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