5 Directors Influenced by Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing 

Adam Arens same just finished it

Yeah, he was also General Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove.

Joe Dee don’t forget it was strikingly similar to Eric Draven in The Crow

I watched the movie Killing Zoe and a lot of the bank robbery scenes reminded me of The Dark Knight.

True, and the masks/make-up for Joker (2019) also play off/tribute that - but still, back to your point, he doesn't wear it in '66 to rob a bank. The scene combined with the mask (maybe also the fact that Joker and Johnny are the only ones to walk away alive) is for sure Nolan tipping his hat to the great one. That shotgun in the bank scene just screams The Killing to me as well when you combine it all.

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Very good point! Although I have to say Roshomon is more about different points of view meaning different stories - allowing the audience to be the judge of who's telling the truth and who's lying. On the other hand, The Killing, as the audience we know everything shown is true and as happened. Nonetheless, it's a good point that Kurosawa introduced non-linear storytelling years earlier.

@@manwithamovieeditingmachin3364 nice, thanks for pointing this out in the overall 'discussion'

Just went back to watch it, and you are right, fair enough. I feel it is still worth noting, because not only does the movie have more focus/purpose/screen time for the flower box in The Killing, it is just executed better visually and in terms of how fricken cool it is! For reference: In Wonder Man, there is a poorly cut flat cut in the box for him to reach his hand in, quickly grad a pistol and shoot the character. This reminds me that in Wonder Man, the box has no mystery or doubt in what is happening/about to happen, MAYBE for a brief second, but in The Killing, there is some excitement and curiosity involved until Johnny opens it. Of course, the point of what we are discussing is what came FIRST and the concepts in terms of inspiration, so my main point is that I truly think The Killing gave the 'flower box with a gun' concept the wings to fly, landing in so many other works that it did! Similar to some of the comments regarding the linear story telling and Rashomon - though it seems that is more a matter of difference in methods of editing/cutting. Thanks for pointing this out Douglas Johnson, I am a huge classic movie fan in general and I had never even seen Wonder Man, so this was a nice little research task for me!

I'm sure that's what Kubrick had in mind.

For sure, there are a number of G'NR references/hat tips in the movie, however, credit is still given to Stanley/The Killing in my opinion, for making the concept as badass as it is, in turn making it something a director would want to play with.

Thanks. This was a fun one to do. Glad you liked it.

That’s why I do these. Maybe somebody will see the video and make a point of seeing The Killing in the future.

Just film students.

I'm trying to download it for almost year but can't find it anywhere any ideas where I can find it ?

@@mdm9389 amazon prime

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Too bad. Most of Kubrick's films are filled with intriguing MINUTIAE.

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no

It's almost as if you give him... no respect.