The Killing (1956)
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THE KILLING
Good film but not one of Kubrick's best...
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" ... and Marie Windsor Sterling Hayden, ... and Joe Sawyer"
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" "It isn't fair. I never had anybody but you. Not a real husband. Not even a man. Just a bad joke without a punch line." Written by Stanley Kubrick and Jim Thompson Music by Gerald Fried Cinematography by Lucien Ballard Editing by Betty Steinberg"
" "It isn't fair. I never had anybody but you. Not a real husband. Not even a man. Just a bad joke without a punch line." Directed by Stanley Kubrick Written by Stanley Kubrick and Jim Thompson Music by Gerald Fried Cinematography by Lucien Ballard Editing by Betty Steinberg"
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Stanley Kubrick's first "very good" film
“As someone who considers Stanley Kubrick one of the greatest directors who ever lived, 'The Killing' is not one of his very best (his masterpiece being '2001').
This said, 'The Killing' is a big step up from the still solid if flawed 'Killer's Kiss' and especially the very poor (for me his only misfire) 'Fear and Desire', which only had the camera work and use of light and shadow going for it.
My only two complaints with 'The Killing' are with the ending and the narration. The ending was rather rushed and anti-climactic, ending on too much of an abrupt note. The narration poses more of a problem, apparently it was forced into the film and the tacky execution really shows, it is annoyingly cheesy, over-explanatory and overused and the film would have fared much better wi” read more
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