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The Killers - Double-Disc Set: The Criterion Collection DVD

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The Killers - Double-Disc Set: The Criterion Collection DVD

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  • Technical Specs
  • Format: DVD
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Run Time: 196 Minutes
  • Region: 1 Region?
  • Aspect Ratio: Fullscreen
  • Language: English
  • Studio: Criterion Collection
  • DVD Release Date: February 18, 2003
  • Packaging: Custom Case
  • Subtitles: English
  • Audio:
    ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
  • Color: Black & White / Color
  • Includes:
    The Killers (1946)
    Video Interview With Writer Stuart M. Kaminsky
    Actor Stacy Keach (Mike Hammer) Reads Hemingway's Short Story
    Production and Publicity Stills with Actor Biographies
    Rare Behind-the-Scenes Stills Gallery, Original Press Book and Ads
    Collection Of Trailers For Robert Siodmak Films
    Writer/Director Paul Schrader's Seminal 1972 Essay "Notes On Film Noir"
    Essay By Jonathan Lethem (Motherless Brooklyn)
    Music and Effects Track
    The Killers (1964)
    Reflections With Star Clu Gulager
    Excerpts From Don Siegel's Autobiography, A Siegel Film, Pertaining To the Making Of the Movie
    Production Correspondence Including Memos From Don Siegel, Broadcasting Standards Reports, and Casting Suggestions
    Production and Publicity Stills With Actor Biographies, Rare Behind-the-Scenes Stills Gallery, and Advertisements
    Essay By Geoffrey O'Brien (Hardboiled America)
    Music and Effects Track
Two Radically Different Films Inspired By One Classic Story

Ernest Hemingway's gripping short story The Killers has fascinated readers and filmmakers for generations. Its first screen incarnation came in 1946, when director Robert Siodmak unleashed The Killers, helping to define the film noir style and launching the careers of Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner in an archetypal masterpiece. In 1956, then-film student Andrei Tarkovsky tackled the story with a faithful 19-minute short. In 1946, Don Siegel-initially slated to direct the 1946 version-took it on, creating the first-ever made-for-TV feature, but it proved too violent for broadcast in the wake of JFK's assassination. The Criterion Collection presents all three versions of this classic tale of amorality that asks why a man silently welcomes his fate with the passivity of a man already dead.
 
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