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Stanley Kubrick's Film Noir: THE KILLING

As part of my recent interest in (obsession with) film noir, I recently stumbled upon one of the best in the genre: THE KILLING. It's one of Stanley Kubrick's first films; he wrote the screenplay and directed it.


Long before Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, in THE KILLING (1951) Kubrick chops up a linear storyline, peppering the film with enticing snippets from the climatic scene, then going back in time to the planning of the caper. The way he maintains narrative drive by never taking you where you want to go—to the getaway—will leave you breathless.


I loved this film so much that I ripped the trailer off the DVD and uploaded it to YouTube. For your convenience, the trailer is offered below. Enjoy.



Trust me. If you like noir, or even if you just like good heist movies, you have to rent THE KILLING.


Posted by Chris Orcutt on July 30, 2008 05:10 PM |

Comments

First of all, thanks for the Classmates plug. Secondly, I love your blog, and I'm such a lazy for not reading it till now. It's not like I have a job or anything to keep me busy. I'm happy to find that it's intelligently and, obviously, humorously entertaining. I'm definitely adding The Killing to my Netflix queue (not at the very top, mind you, I just rearranged it and am very excited about what's coming).

Posted by: Elisabeth | November 4, 2008 08:49 PM

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