I always enjoyed this guy's "lectures" on movies; he knew his business and I always learned a lot. "The Killing" is a great movie. Don't overlook Jay Adler as the loan shark early in; he was one of the best character actors in the business.
Some people fault "The Killing" for the narration. I have always liked it. It gave the film the feel of a documentary. I saw it for the first time on late night TV and I found the continuous reference to time lent a distinctive edge to the movie. It seemed to to be marking a countdown, to either a successful conclusion, or to a catastrophe.
Saw this in a double bill with The Asphalt Jungle at the Sherman Theater in Sherman Oaks, must have been the early 80’s. Hadn’t really thought about it till now but the best night at the movies ever for me!
One of the theatre posters had a great line: 'Her soft mouth was the road to sin-smeared violence'. Now folks, somebody had to spend a whole weekend drinking scotch, smoking Camel's and pounding out line after discarded line on his old Royal typewriter to come up with that line. I think it's one of the greatest.
Forgot the old time screenwriter, but I remember the quote he made regarding directors of the waning studio system era.... Directors always get elated when the final cut pleases them. Directors get indigestion when the final cut pleases the executives...😂❤
I love Tin Carey! What an oddball! He had a small part as a short order cook in a greasy spoon diner in the first few years of the original "Colombo" series. Colombo typically order chili and iced tea.
Jim Thompson appears in "Farewell My Lovely" [1975], which is a remake of "Murder My Sweet" [1944], which is a remake of an entry in the "Falcon" B movie series [with George Sanders!]. He plays the character of Judge Baxter Wilson Grayle.
Just goes to show ya, when Hollywood gives a huge budget to a wildcard then holds a red hot poker to his balls and it's answered with, "brand em", you might wanna listen.
