Eyes Wide: The Films of Stanley Kubrick
The Killing (Stanley Kubrick; US, 1956)
- When
- Sat Sep 6, 2014
- Where
- PFA Theater
- Time
- 8:20pm
- Cost
- $5.50 - $9.50
- Tags
- Movies, Suspense/Thriller, Film Screenings
Description
The best plans rarely are. The Killing flaunts Kubrick’s early fixation with entropy’s reign. Whether through hubris or naïveté, his characters, in this case an ex-con named Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) and his de facto crime companions, plan for perfection, a two million dollar racetrack heist, but must deal with the dire fall-out as things come apart. Kubrick sketched out the plot, but had hardboiler Jim Thompson pen the patter. The crew is colorful: Elisha Cook plays a pasty track cashier caving to the demands of his covetous consort (Marie Windsor); Maurice, the hulking chess hustler, Randy, a crooked cop, Mike, the needy bartender, and Timothy Carey as a demented sniper round out the ring. This latter-day noir lensed by luminous Lucien Ballard loses no momentum as these average Joes explain the grim impetus for their undoing. Again, the working title, Bed of Fear, tells all: once that bed is made you’ve got to lie in it.• Written by Kubrick, Jim Thompson, from the novel Clean Break by Lionel White. Photographed by Lucien Ballard. With Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen. (84 mins, B&W, DCP, From Park Circus)
More Info
- Link
- http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/film/FN20840
- Call
- (510) 642-1412
- Call
- 510.642.5249 (Box Office)
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