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VHS : KillingIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Elisha Cook Jr. directed by: Stanley Kubrick  List Price: $14.95 Price: $0.48 You Save: $14.47 (97%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780792841487 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 0792841484 Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD) Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Release Date: April 04, 2000 Running Time: 85 minutes Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Theatrical Release Date: June 06, 1956 Sales Rank: 26186 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential video: Stanley Kubrick's third feature, and first screen classic, is one of the great crime films of the 1950s. The Killing was written in collaboration with Jim Thompson, who penned pulp novels like The Grifters, The Killer Inside Me, and Pop. 1280, all of which were made into classic films. This time writing directly for the screen, Thompson joined with Kubrick to concoct a story about a desperate gang of lowlifes led by a grim, determined Sterling Hayden. Together they devise and execute a complex racetrack robbery, but inner tensions and the iron fist of fate work against them. The cast is uniformly superb, with Hayden, Jay C. Flippen, Timothy Carey, Marie Windsor, and Elisha Cook Jr. fleshing out characters torn between grandiose ambition and petty desire. Cinematographer Lucian Ballard fashions distorted, starkly lit interiors that reflect the psychological tensions of the characters. He and Kubrick also create one of the most memorably ironic final sequences in film history. The Killing is a perfect introduction to the art and joys of film noir, and its bizarre narrative structure has been copied many times since. For a terrific double feature, see it with John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle, another noir masterpiece featuring Hayden; or Paths of Glory, Kubrick's next picture, again cowritten with Thompson; or even Jackie Brown, in which Quentin Tarantino pays homage to the ways this film leaps around in time. More commercial than some of Kubrick's later work, The Killing remains a tour de force by one of the world's finest filmmakers. --Raphael Shargel Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Amazing...This is racy stuff, there isn't a second of boredom in the whole movie. 100 times better than Dark Knight. These days people use more Computer generated effects and have less faith in their intelligence - if they have it, that is! Rating:  - Lenny Bruce makes a cameo triviaCogent comments by all. Just another piece of visual ephemera: When Sterling Hayden emerges from the shop with his bargain used luggage in the last reel, we see that next door is a strip club; it's acts currently emceed by Dirty Lenny. Excellent young directors' film. Rating: - A Killer MovieFantastic film. Very reminiscent of Asphalt Jungle. Great use of the clown mask robber get up that has been redone in many movies - from Point Break to the Dark Knight. Kubrick was ahead of his time. Rating: - Classic Early Noir From A MasterStanley Kubrick's third film, 1956's The Killing is a small noir masterpiece. Starring Sterling Hayden as Johnny Clay this film has been copied many times by many great directors including Quentin Tarantino. The film follows the exploits of a small band of criminals as they attempt to pull off a race track robbery. This is perhaps the most tightly plotted film that I have seen in many years and the dialog, penned by Kubrick with the help of Jim Thompson is nearly perfect. The performances ... Read More Rating: - a cool caper flickNot directed, written, or edited like other crime films which makes it even more interesting. The Killing is a sharp and skillfully done crime film. Several plotlines involving different characters are successfully interwoven into one story about a racetrack robbery. The characters George, his gold digger wife Sherry, and Sherry's lover Val are great characters with a great plot. Sterling Hayden plays the ringleader and all of the performances are good. There's nothing really wrong with this film. The ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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