Kiss me deadly is an independently made 1955 american film noir, produced and directed by robert aldrich, and starring ralph meeker, albert dekker, paul stewart, juano hernandez, wesley addy, and with maxine cooper and cloris leachman in their feature film debuts. Watching the film, one can see a thousand movies being born. Plot one night, private detective mike hammer gives a ride to a girl escaped from an asylum. In 1997, the movie was restored and the original ending was reinstated. Kiss me, deadly 1952 is mickey spillanes sixth novel featuring private investigator mike hammer. Kiss me deadly by robert aldrich ralph meeker, albert. The beginning is very memorable as it features a woman named christina played by cloris leachman running down a road with just a trench coat on and breathing heavily. Kiss me deadly trailer 1955 the criterion collection youtube. Lily carver is the villainess in the excellent and innovative crime film kiss me deadly usa 1955. Kiss me deadly exploited as it satirized mickey spillane, the most. Regarded by many critics as the ultimate film noir, and by many more as the finest movie adaptation of a book by mickey spillane, kiss me deadly stars ralph meeker as spillanes antisocial private eye mike hammer. Kiss me deadly polibek smrti robert aldrich, 1955 hd. Bu film su anda mubide gosterimde degil ama gosterimde olan 30 harika film var. Not rated 1h 46min crime, filmnoir, mystery 28 april 1955 usa.
Kiss me deadly by robert aldrich ralph meeker, albert dekker. When reading the request for greatest opening shots, the first film that popped into my head was immediate and almost too easy kiss me deadly. Lily carver kiss me deadly the female villains wiki. Kiss me deadly screams onto screen with an opening scene that immediately alerts audiences to its explosive intentions. Deeply cynical, pessimistic, and offbeat, kiss me deadly is as canonical as it is cataclysmic to the genre. Aug 26, 2005 robert aldrichs kiss me deadly 1955 author. Read the full synopsis of kiss me deadly, 1955, directed by robert aldrich, with ralph meeker, albert dekker, paul stewart, at turner classic movies. The film serves as the followup to writerdirector david robert mitchells it follows, and stars andrew garfield in. Falling drunk on the bar, mike is later told by the bartender that his girl, velda, has been kidnapped. Kiss me deadly is 1955 american film noir produced and directed by robert aldrich, and starring ralph meeker, albert dekker, paul stewart, juano hernandez. There are complex plot threads that form an overall labyrinth that has to be ignored if you are to enjoy the story, and cold war and nuclear paranoia grow like weeds through this, eventually and dramatically engulfing everything.
Aldrichs genius was taking something that had already gone too farmickey spillanes bestselling paperback mysteryand exaggerating it even further, with ralph meeker well cast as. Mickey spillane b1918 real name frank grew up in brooklyn, and started writing for the comicbook market in the 1930s. Thus we are flung into the labyrinth of robert aldrichs unforgettable kiss me deadly 1955. After several cars pass her by, the woman sees another car approaching, and to make sure either the car stops, or, shes killed, she stands in the path of the oncoming car. While driving down a lonely road late one evening, hammer picks up a beautiful blonde hitchhiker cloris leachman, dressed in nothing but a raincoat. The restoration of kiss me deadly by glenn erickson an unusual thing happened ten years ago at metro goldwyn mayer in santa monica. Kiss me deadly 1955 bluray criterion collection medium. Aldrichs unique perspective, the existential sophistication of screenwriter a. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Kiss me deadly polibek smrti robert aldrich, 1955 hd english. Often considered to be at the end of the classicperiod film noir cycle, kiss me deadly.
This film noir stars ralph meeker as mickey spillanes antisocial private eye mike hammer. There are so many masterful opening shots, some i find works of genius or some i simply love. If kiss me deadly were a brandnew film, it would still be shocking in its mean spirit, its happy brutality and its audacious mix of real and surreal elements. Profoundly sinister, deeply pessimistic, and deliciously witty, kiss me deadly is a film noir unlike any other and its as modern today as it was on the day it premiered in 1955. Later rediscovered by american film buffs, kiss me deadly has since assumed its rightful place in the film. With ralph meeker, albert dekker, paul stewart, juano hernandez. Its a 1955 movie but visual and aural sound remains unimpaired. Made near the end of the classic hollywood era, this second trip to the big screen for mickey spillanes mike hammer after 1953s i, the jury remains the best, as it casts a shockingly. The novel was later loosely adapted into the film kiss me deadly in 1955. Rather have the blues, hammer is wasted and has no energy to respond to the black bartenders salute to their deceased friend. After he and a hitchhiker are kidnapped by thugs, the semiconscious.
Out of the blackness of the theater we see a woman emerge wearing nothing but a trench coat, standing in traffic risking her life desperately trying to hitch a ride. The grimy, nonemoreblack end of film noir, robert aldrichs 1955 masterwork has never looked better, courtesy of a fantastic new. Brazen and bleak, kiss me deadly is a film noir masterwork as well as an essential piece of cold war paranoia, and it features as nervy an ending as has ever been seen in american cinema. Robert aldrich for this alone should be in the proverbial filmmakers hall of fame.
As mike hammer, ralph meeker is like a bull in a china shop, lurching haphazardly from one deadly encounter to the next, often employing the same brutal tactics. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. Kiss me deadly robert aldrich, 1955 senses of cinema. Title kiss me deadly year 1955 director robert aldrich genre crime, filmnoir, mystery interpreted by. Jan 07, 2016 a doomed female hitchhiker pulls mike hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious great whatsit. Widely considered the best if loosest film adaptation of a mickey spillane novel, robert aldrichs kiss me deadly 1955 features spillane hero mike hammer in the ultimate cold war paranoia investigation.
Original united artists group of six scene lobby cards 11x14. Bezzerides, and the ambivalent persona of star ralph meeker thus converge, turning kiss me deadly into one of the most modern and complex entries in the fifties noir canona jaundiced film that undoes the usual moral dichotomies of the genre, uncovering a more. A brilliant film noir classic based on mickey spillanes bestseller, kiss me deadly is. More than once, the film has been called the best film noir ever made. Kiss me deadly criterion collection bluray 1955 best buy. Kiss me deadly 1955 is a typically depraved hardboiled noir story, with an uncaring and sleazy antihero. Made in 1955 the fine black and white photography is by ernest laszlo kiss me deadly is filled with the trappings of modernity. Detective mike hammer fights to solve the murder of a beautiful hitchhiker with a mysterious connection to the mob. Often considered to be at the end of the classicperiod film noir cycle, kiss me deadly begins to twist noir conventions to suit the new concerns and fears of the 1950s, with aldrich presenting a caustic, despairing image of america and its future. Shop kiss me deadly criterion collection bluray 1955 at best buy. Mike picks up a hitchhiker which brings death and mystery.
May 02, 2015 the catholic league of decency also condemned it, forcing the films distributor, united artists, to cut 82 seconds from the films ending. With the femme fatales destructive sexuality and promise of the kiss of death, she fires pointblank into the midsection of the misogynistic hero before he reaches her, and he falls to the floor wounded. Kiss me deadly is a film directed by robert aldrich with ralph meeker, albert dekker, paul stewart, juano hernandez, year. Kiss me deadly 1955 letterboxd social film discovery. A frightened woman is running barefoot on a highway, trying desperately to flag a car. It was based upon a book of the same name by famed writer mickey spillane and featured ralph meeker as mike hammer. Kiss me deadly is also in many ways, the ultimate film of 1950s america, with its themes of speed, money, power, sex, and the atomic bomb intertwined in a tale of a detective who becomes an extortionist in an attempt to turn a chance discovery into personal gain. Aldrichs 1955 masterpiece kiss me deadly, which, briefly described. Original united artists group of six scene lobby cards 11x14 for the robert aldrich film noir, kiss me deadly 1955 starring ralph meeker, albert dekker, paul stewart, maxine cooper, and cloris leachman. Kiss me deadly 1955 is the definitive, apocalyptic, nihilistic, sciencefiction film noir of all time at the close of the classic noir period. In 1955, robert aldrich, a director whose career is filled with genre films, produced what is arguably the greatest example of american noir cinema. One evening, hammer gives a ride to christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum.
Speeding down a mountain road coming back from albany, new york, pi mike hammer almost runs over a woman hitch hiking in the middle of the road. As mike hammer, ralph meeker is like a bull in a china shop, lurching haphazardly from one deadly encounter to. Brazen and bleak, kiss me deadly is a film noir masterpiece as well as an essential piece of cold war paranoia, and it features as nervy an ending as has ever been seen in american cinema. Kiss me deadly 1955 kiss me deadly 1955, robert aldrichs hardedged, stylistically innovative adaptation of the mickey spillane novel, features what may be the most violent and unsympathetic private eye in the history of cinema. Brazen and bleak, kiss me deadly is a film noir masterwork as well as an essential piece of cold war paranoia, and it features as nervy an ending as has ever. An intriguing, wonderfully subversive blend of art and commerce, kiss me deadly is an influential noir classic. Film historian steven scheuer called kiss me deadly the apotheosis of the classic film noir period. In this atomic adaptation of mickey spillanes novel, directed by robert aldrich, the good manners of the 1950s are blown to smithereens. With macho bedroom dick hammer using any violence necessary, this darkest of 1950s films noirs sends him on a search for the great whatsit, an ominously incandescent box encompassing. A doomed female hitchhiker pulls mike hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious great whatsit. Kiss me deadly 1955 trailer the criterion collection. The novel was later loosely adapted into the film kiss me deadly in 1955 plot summary.
Title kiss me deadly year 1955 director robert aldrich genre crime, film noir, mystery. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that something big is behind it all, decides to pursue the case. It is one of the finest of the film noir genre, predominantly because of. In 1999, kiss me deadly was selected for preservation in the united states national film registry by the library of congress.
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