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Slant Magazine says, "Robert Siodmak's The Killers is a thing of formal beauty —a significant title in our blossoming awareness of collected stylistics that are now called "film noir."" FilmReference.com concludes, "Siodmak's work occupies a central niche in the history of film theory, in film noir , and in the relations of cinema and literature."
The NYT has a review from the time of its release. DVD Talk calls it "definitely a top-ten title in the noir canon".
FilmSite.org describes it as "an intense, hard-edged, stylish film noir of robbery, unrequited love, brutal betrayal and double-cross". Criterion calls it an "archetypal masterpiece". Rotten Tomatoes has a critics rating of 100%.
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I have to chuckle--watched the trailer and then a movie called The Hitch-Hiker (1953) came up afterwards and I am going to watch that in a little while. Directed by Ida Lupino and based on a real psychotic murderer. :)
ReplyDeleteShe was the first woman to direct a film noir. She was a real presence. I've never seen The Hitch-Hiker and really should. Thanks for the heads up :)
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