Here’s a movie I never heard of until Criterion released it a couple years ago. It’s a real raw, pulpy, hard boiled crime deal, low budget, filmed independently and released in 1961. It’s about a hitman from Cleveland coming into New York, staking out his target. Because it’s black and white and full of hard-nosed tough guy narration it makes you think of old noir movies, but because it was made in the ’60s it’s a more modern, realistic approach to dialogue and acting, all done in real locations, on real city streets, not always with permits.
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Blast of Silence
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010Tags: Allen Baron, Christmas, Christmas crime, Criterion, film noir, hitman, Waldo Salt
Posted in Crime, Reviews | 20 Comments »
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