Night of the Hitmen
Koolhoven & Simons: Night of the Hitmen
Who hasn’t dreamed of a different job? As a hitman you get to see the world, you’re your own boss – and the pay isn’t bad either. Koolhoven & Simons zoom in on two classic titles from the genre.
Programme
![poster Il sicario (Damiano Damiani, IT 1961)]()
Il sicario (Damiano Damiani, IT 1961, 87’)
Damiani's second feature is not just any crime film. The director combined social engagement – Pasolini even called the filmmaker 'a bitter moralist in search of the purity of old values' – with a flair for visual storytelling. The hitman in Il sicario is a workman hired by a contractor to get rid of his creditor. Hitman and client are consumed with remorse…
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Best Seller (John Flynn, US 1987, 95’)
What if a hitman hangs up his gun and finds it time to have his life story written? James Woods is the psychopathic ex-hitman Joseph Wambaugh, Brian Dennehy the hardened ex-cop-turned-writer. Who sells his soul to whom? Who pressures whom?
Details
Length
234 min.
Event language
Dutch
Moderator
Martin Koolhoven & Ronald Simons
Subtitles
Dutch
Part of
Koolhoven & Simons
Every month, Koolhoven and Simons will be scrutinizing the genre film, presenting films within pretty forthright themes that have never before been screened at Eye. Expect evenings on Trucker, Grindhouse or Revenge of Nature films. A tribute to rarely screened trailers and forgotten classics, where possible in 35mm, using films from Eye’s collection.
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