The Killing
Stanley Kubrick / US, 1956 / 85 min.
Johnny Clay thinks he has planned the perfect robbery, but perfection is unpredictable when it involves humans, Stanley Kubrick reveals in the noir classic The Killing.
A hero is someone who has been reckless and gone unpunished so states the oft quoted definition by Dutch author W.F. Hermans. And a gangster in a film noir? That is someone who calculatingly seeks out danger with the knowledge that they may be punished, Stanley Kubrick would say.
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Director
Stanley Kubrick
Production year
1956
Country
US
Original title
The Killing
Length
85 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NLD
Format
35mm
Part of
Film Noir
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