Ernest Hemingway's The killers
(Blu-ray) 

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Contributors
Siodmak, Robert, 1900-1973, film director.
Veiller, Anthony, 1903-1965, screenwriter.
Hellinger, Mark, 1903-1947, film producer.
Siegel, Don, 1912-1991 film producer,
Coon, Gene L. screenwriter.
Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2015].
Edition
Blu-ray special edition., Blu-ray edition.
ISBN
1681430134, 9781681430133
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (196 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert. 
Status
Checked Out
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Adult Blu-ray - Public ShelvingBLU-RAY Feature KILLERSChecked OutJuly 8, 2024

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LC Subjects
Assassins -- Drama.
Crime films.
Detective and mystery films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Film noir.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Murder for hire -- Drama.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2015].
Format
Blu-ray
Edition
Blu-ray special edition., Blu-ray edition.
Language
English
ISBN
1681430134, 9781681430133
UPC
715515150910

Notes

General Note
Full screen (1.33:1).
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Originally released as motion pictures in 1946 and 1964.
General Note
From the story by Ernest Hemingway.
General Note
Special features: Stuart Kaminsky (interview from 2002 with writer Stuart M. Kaminsky); Source and adaptations: Hemingway's short story (audio recording from 2002 of actor Stacy Keach reading), Screen directors' playhouse (radio adaptation from 1949 of the 1946 film, starring Burt Lancaster and Shelley Winters), Andrei Tarkovsky's The killers (short film adaptation); Siodmak trailers: Son of Dracula (1943), Cobra woman (1944), The killers (1946), Cry of the city (1948), Criss cross (1949). Reflections with Clu Gulager (interview from 2002 with actor Clu Gulager filmed by his sons, John and Tom Gulager); Don Siegel on The killers (audio excerpt from Don Siegel's autobiography, A Siegel Film, read by actor and director Hampton Fancher); Trailer. Insert includes essays by novelist Jonathan Lethem and critic Geoffrey O'Brien.
Creation/Production Credits
The killers (1946): director of photography, Woody Bredell ; film editor, Arthur Hilton ; art direction, Jack Otterson, Martin Obzina ; set decorations, Russell A. Gausman, E.R. Robinson ; "The more I know of love" lyrics, Jack Brooks ; music, Miklos Rozsa.
Creation/Production Credits
The killers (1964): director of photography, Richard L. Rawlings ; art directors, Frank Arrigo and George Chan ; set decorations, John McCarthy, James S. Redd ; film editor, Richard Belding ; costumes by Helen Colvig ; music score, Johnny Williams ; song "Too little time", Henry Mancini and Don Raye ; "Too little time" sung by Nancy Wilson.
Participants/Performers
Cast for The killers (1946): Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, Vince Barnett, Virginia Christine, Jack Lambert, Charles D. Brown, Donald MacBride, Charles McGraw, William Conrad.
Participants/Performers
Cast for The killers (1964): Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes, Clu Gulager, Claude Akins, Norman Fell, Ronald Reagan.
Description
"Ernest Hemingway's simple but gripping short tale "The Killers" is a model of economical storytelling. Two directors adapted it into unforgettably virile features: Robert Siodmak, in a 1946 film that helped define the noir style; and Don Siegel, in a brutal 1964 version that was intended for television but deemed too violent for home audiences and released theatrically instead. The first is poetic and shadowy, the second direct and harsh as daylight, but both get at the heart of Hemingway's existential classic."--Container
System Details
Blu-ray; region A; monaural, 1.33:1 aspect ratio; requires Blu-ray player.
Language
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Siodmak, R., Veiller, A., Hellinger, M., Siegel, D., Coon, G. L., Lancaster, B., Gardner, A., O'Brien, E., Dekker, A., Levene, S., Barnett, V., Christine, V., Lambert, J., Brown, C. D., McBride, D., McGraw, C., Conrad, W., Marvin, L., Dickinson, A., Cassavetes, J., Gulager, C., Akins, C., Fell, N., Reagan, R., Bredell, E., Hilton, A., Otterson, J., Obzina, M., Gausman, R. A. 1., Robinson, E. R., Brooks, J., Rózsa, M., Rawlings, R. L., Arrigo, F., Chan, G., McCarthy, J., Redd, J. S., Belding, R., Colvig, H., Williams, J., Mancini, H., Raye, D., Wilson, N., Hemingway, E., Kaminsky, S. M., Keach, S., Winters, S., Tarkovskiĭ, A. A., Gulager, J., Gulager, T., Fancher, H., Lethem, J., & O'Brien, G. (2015). Ernest Hemingway's The killers (Blu-ray special edition.). The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Robert Siodmak et al.. 2015. Ernest Hemingway's The Killers. The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Robert Siodmak et al.. Ernest Hemingway's The Killers The Criterion Collection, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Siodmak, Robert, et al. Ernest Hemingway's The Killers Blu-ray special edition., The Criterion Collection, 2015.

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