Format:
1 DVD, NTSC, Ländercode 1, 77 Min., s/w, mono ;
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1 Beih. (7 Bl.), 1 Beil.
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12 cm
Edition:
director-approved special ed.
ISBN:
978-1-60465-029-7
Series Statement:
The criterion collection 428
Content:
Frankie Bono is an orphan who has learned to make a profitable living as a contract killer. Traveling from Cleveland to New York during the Christmas season, he is charged with taking out mid-level Harlem numbers and drug kingpin Troiano. Stalking his prey as he goes about his daily routine, Bono is distracted by an unexpected encounter with a childhood friend whose sister sees him as a lonely man, not the barely human shell he has become. Acutely aware of his own mortality, Bono sees everything as a facade, the pretty Christmas lights mere glitzy decorations covering the festering rot of existence, and his own personal hell.
Note:
Aspect ratio 1:1.33, 16:9 widescreen. - New, restored digital transfer. - Orig.: USA 1961. - Enth. "Requiem for a killer: The Making of 'Blast of silence'” ; rare on-set Polaroids ; photos of locations in 2008 ; a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty and a four-page graphic-novel adaptation of the film by acclaimed artist Sean Phillips
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Engl., Subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
Language:
English
Subjects:
American Studies
Keywords:
Feature films
;
Fiction films
;
Film noir
;
Gangster films
;
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
;
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
;
Crime - Feature
;
Feature films
;
Film noir - Feature
;
Film noir
;
Gangster - Feature
;
Feature films
;
Fiction films
;
Film noir
;
Gangster films
;
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
;
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
;
Crime - Feature
;
Feature films
;
Film noir - Feature
;
Film noir
;
Gangster - Feature
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