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1 October 1955 (USA)
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Her Soft Mouth Was the Road to Sin-Smeared Violence!
Plot:
As a man waits at a train station for his girl, he tells us about the recent past and we segue into a long flashback. full summary | full synopsis
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1 win
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(2 articles)
'Killer's Kiss' Still Has Punch
(From New York Post. 17 June 2009, 11:27 PM, PDT)
Lots of horrific screenings around the U.S. and UK!
(From Fangoria. 8 May 2009, 1:54 PM, PDT)
(From New York Post. 17 June 2009, 11:27 PM, PDT)
Lots of horrific screenings around the U.S. and UK!
(From Fangoria. 8 May 2009, 1:54 PM, PDT)
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Kubrick's fully formed masterpiece at age 27
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Frank Silvera | ... | Vincent Rapallo | |
| Jamie Smith | ... | Davey Gordon | |
| Irene Kane | ... | Gloria Price | |
| Jerry Jarrett | ... | Albert (the fight manager) | |
| Mike Dana | ... | Gangster | |
| Felice Orlandi | ... | Gangster | |
| Shaun O'Brien | |||
| Barbara Brand | |||
| Skippy Adelman | ... | Mannequin factory owner (as Julius Adelman) | |
| David Vaughan | ... | Conventioneer | |
| Alec Rubin | ... | Conventioneer | |
| Ralph Roberts | ... | Gangster | |
| Phil Stevenson | ... | Gangster | |
| Arthur Feldman | |||
| Bill Funaro |
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Also Known As:
Kiss Me, Kill Me (USA) (working title)
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67 min | Japan:43 min
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Spain:T |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Iceland:L |
Finland:K-16 |
Netherlands:12 |
Brazil:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
UK:12 |
USA:Unrated |
West Germany:12 (re-rating) (2003) |
Germany:18 |
UK:A
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For the dream sequence, Stanley Kubrick used the negative image instead of the developed footage. This scene has been likened to the space corridor of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
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Continuity: When Vinnie drives Davy to the loft, they take a lift up to at least the second floor. However, when Davy jumps through the loft window, he falls only one story.
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Quotes:
Davy Gordon:
Something's happened.
Gloria Price: Yes, I know.
Davy Gordon: Do you know?
Gloria Price: Sure. You kissed me.
Davy Gordon: Is that all?
Gloria Price: That's all I saw, and I was watching all the time.
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Gloria Price: Yes, I know.
Davy Gordon: Do you know?
Gloria Price: Sure. You kissed me.
Davy Gordon: Is that all?
Gloria Price: That's all I saw, and I was watching all the time.
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Featured in Edge of Outside (2006)
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At an age when most wannabe filmmakers are still 'in training' Stanley Kubrick was producing full length feature masterpieces.
I'm still shocked at how many fans of Kubrick's later work do not appreciate Killer's Kiss. While the basic plot of the movie is nothing special and decidely more 'Hollywood' than Kubrick's later works there are more signs of his trademark style in this film than I feel there were in The Killing or Paths of Glory.
Kubrick's own cinematography in particular blew me away. The use of depth, light and shadow and of his trademark moving camera show us more skill and thought than directors with dozens of films and much better scripts under their belt. And Kubrick's trademark use of his camera to observe silently, capturing the true spirit of his characters when they are alone (no music, no dialogue) is seen over and over in the apartment. If Kubrick's direction could turn a story like this into such a masterful cinematic experience I shudder at what he would of done with this film had he made 10 or 20 years later.
If you love the unique cinematic idiosynchracies of Kubrick's later work then you MUST SEE KILLER'S KISS!