This picture looks as modern and radical as anything from Italy in the 1960s, yet it’s a tough-talking take on hardboiled crime caper fiction. In three pictures Stanley Kubrick went from amateur to contender: now he has a like-minded producer, a top-flight cast, and the help of the legendary pulp author Jim Thompson. Sterling Hayden, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook Jr., Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards peg the cynical film noir style, and Kubrick maintains the source book’s splintered chronology for the tense racetrack heist. All Hollywood took notice — at least that part of the industry looking out for daring, progressive storytelling. Now in 4K, Kubrick’s superb B&w images look better than ever.
The Killing
4K Ultra HD
Kl Studio Classics
1956 / B&w / 1:66 widescreen / 84 min. / Street Date July 26, 2022 / available through Kino Lorber / 39.95
Starring: Sterling Hayden, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook Jr., Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen,...
The Killing
4K Ultra HD
Kl Studio Classics
1956 / B&w / 1:66 widescreen / 84 min. / Street Date July 26, 2022 / available through Kino Lorber / 39.95
Starring: Sterling Hayden, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook Jr., Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen,...
- 7/30/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Ultra HD puts Stanley Kubrick’s second feature film in a new light — his B&w images of New York lend a ‘Weegee’ flavor to the tale of a prizefighter who comes to the rescue of a dance hall girl. Kubrick does better sticking to the urban streets he knows so well; the cast scores via his strong direction and art museum-quality images. The post-dubbed soundtrack is the weak link, and perhaps Kubrick’s somewhat awkward flashback gear changes. But for 1955 he’s definitely a talent on the way. Kino’s disc carries an analytical commentary by Imogen Sara Smith.
Killer’s Kiss
4K Ultra HD
Kl Studio Classics
1955 / B&w / 1:37 Academy / 67 min. / Street Date June 28, 2022 / Kiss Me, Kill Me / available through Kino Lorber / 24.95
Starring: Frank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene Kane, Jerry Jarrett, Mike Dana, Felice Orlandi, Shaun O’Brien, Barbara Brand, Ruth Sobotka.
Cinematography: Stanley Kubrick
Film Editor: Stanley Kubrick...
Killer’s Kiss
4K Ultra HD
Kl Studio Classics
1955 / B&w / 1:37 Academy / 67 min. / Street Date June 28, 2022 / Kiss Me, Kill Me / available through Kino Lorber / 24.95
Starring: Frank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene Kane, Jerry Jarrett, Mike Dana, Felice Orlandi, Shaun O’Brien, Barbara Brand, Ruth Sobotka.
Cinematography: Stanley Kubrick
Film Editor: Stanley Kubrick...
- 6/11/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Three unrealized Stanley Kubrick screenplay ideas have been unearthed in the UK.
The previously unknown collection of notes and typed script date from between 1954 and 1956 and have a heavy focus on marriage, jealousy and adultery, according to the Guardian, which was alerted to the documents.
Married Man comprises 35 pages of typed script with handwritten annotations and pages of handwritten notes. The Perfect Marriage has handwritten notes and seven pages of scenes while the third unfinished project, Jealousy, has 13 pages of typed and handwritten material for a story about resentment between a married couple.
At the time, the revered filmmaker was having marital problems with his second wife, Ruth Sobotka, but it was also a productive period that spawned movies Killer’s Kiss (1955), The Killing (1956) and Paths Of Glory (1957).
According to the Guardian, the opening lines of Married Man read: “Marriage is like a long meal with dessert served at the...
The previously unknown collection of notes and typed script date from between 1954 and 1956 and have a heavy focus on marriage, jealousy and adultery, according to the Guardian, which was alerted to the documents.
Married Man comprises 35 pages of typed script with handwritten annotations and pages of handwritten notes. The Perfect Marriage has handwritten notes and seven pages of scenes while the third unfinished project, Jealousy, has 13 pages of typed and handwritten material for a story about resentment between a married couple.
At the time, the revered filmmaker was having marital problems with his second wife, Ruth Sobotka, but it was also a productive period that spawned movies Killer’s Kiss (1955), The Killing (1956) and Paths Of Glory (1957).
According to the Guardian, the opening lines of Married Man read: “Marriage is like a long meal with dessert served at the...
- 7/12/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: three 1950s works date from time film-maker was having troubles with then wife
He is revered as a master film-maker and visual stylist, but made only 13 feature films. Now ideas for three previously unknown screenplays worked on by Stanley Kubrick have come to light – with marriage, jealousy and adultery the recurring themes.
They date from between 1954 and 1956, when he was having marital problems with his second wife, Ruth Sobotka, an actor and dancer.
He is revered as a master film-maker and visual stylist, but made only 13 feature films. Now ideas for three previously unknown screenplays worked on by Stanley Kubrick have come to light – with marriage, jealousy and adultery the recurring themes.
They date from between 1954 and 1956, when he was having marital problems with his second wife, Ruth Sobotka, an actor and dancer.
- 7/12/2019
- by Dalya Alberge
- The Guardian - Film News
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