| Notes | Criterion Collection Blu-ray edition
Stanley Kubrick’s account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood’s tautest, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson, and a phenomenal cast of character actors, including Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Timothy Carey, Elisha Cook Jr., and Marie Windsor, The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. And with its precise tracking shots and gratifying sense of irony, it’s Kubrick to the core.
New digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
New video interview with producer James B. Harris
Excerpted interviews with actor Sterling Hayden from the French television series Cinéma cinémas
New video interview with poet and author Robert Polito about writer Jim Thompson
Restored high-definition digital transfer of Stanley Kubrick’s 1955 noir feature Killer’s Kiss
New video appreciation of Killer’s Kiss featuring film critic Geoffrey O’Brien
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PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film historian Haden Guest and a reprinted interview with actress Marie Windsor
New cover by Connor Willumsen |
