The Killers (Siegel, 1964): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 12.30pm
This great Don Siegel film, also screening on November 8th, is part of the 'Joanna Hogg: Influences' season at BFI Southbank. Full details here.
Chicago Reader review:
The second film version (1964) of Ernest Hemingway’s short story,
directed by Don Siegel with far more energy than Robert Siodmak could
muster for his overrated 1946 effort. Siegel turns the story inside out,
taking the point of view of Hemingway’s two faceless hit men and
following their attempt to find out why one of their victims refused to
run. It was planned as one of the first made-for-TV movies, but Siegel,
with the perversity of a true auteur, went ahead and shot it in ‘Scope
anyway. Thankfully, Universal decided it was too violent and released it
to theaters. With Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes, and
Ronald Reagan in his final, appropriately loathsome, screen role.
Dave Kehr
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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