{"id":45991,"date":"2019-11-28T22:05:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T05:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=45991"},"modified":"2020-12-31T20:43:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T03:43:59","slug":"killers-kiss-1955","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=45991","title":{"rendered":"Killer&#8217;s Kiss (1955)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s crazy how you can get yourself in a mess sometimes and not even be able to think about it with any sense &#8212; and yet not be able to think about anything else.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Poster-189x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-60832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Poster-189x300.png 189w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Poster-646x1024.png 646w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Poster-81x128.png 81w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Poster-170x270.png 170w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Poster.png 701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA down-and-out boxer (Jamie Smith) reflects on his affair with a dance hall girl (Irene Kane) whose gangster-boss (Frank Silvera) isn&#8217;t happy with her decision to leave him.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boxing<\/li>\n<li>Flashback Films<\/li>\n<li>Gangsters<\/li>\n<li>Stanley Kubrick Films<\/li>\n<li>Star-Crossed Lovers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIn his <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Review.png\">brief review<\/a> (which, in a pre-IMDb era, gets the names of the romantic lead actors wrong &#8212; whoops!), Peary writes that &#8220;Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s second feature exhibits flare rather than style, promise rather than skill&#8221;. He calls out the &#8220;weak story&#8221; and notes that the &#8220;acting is terrible&#8221; &#8212; but he concedes that &#8220;within this low-budget context Kubrick impresses with dashes of surrealism, strong use of New York locales (when pizza was 10\u00a2), and a wild, medieval fight in a loft full of mannequins.&#8221; Along with most other reviewers, I&#8217;m pretty much in agreement with Peary&#8217;s assessment &#8212; though I would argue that the film actually shows plenty of skill and style, and I&#8217;m not sure &#8220;surrealism&#8221; is how I would describe its at-times quirky sensibility. It&#8217;s primarily the hackneyed storyline and dialogue that fail us; visually, this one is a consistent stunner.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Powerful cinematography and direction<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Cinematography-1024x661.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-45997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Cinematography-1024x661.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Cinematography-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Cinematography-128x83.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Cinematography-768x496.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Cinematography.png 1483w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Sets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Sets-1024x670.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-45996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Sets-1024x670.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Sets-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Sets-128x84.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Sets-768x503.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-Sets.png 1447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine on-location shooting<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-On-Location.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-On-Location-1024x682.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-45995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-On-Location-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-On-Location-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-On-Location-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-On-Location-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Killers-Kiss-On-Location.png 1445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though of course all Kubrick aficionados will want to check it out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0048254\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=3204&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/22832\/killers-kiss#articles-reviews?articleId=33909\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/filmontrial.com\/2013\/08\/14\/kubrick-by-brick-killers-kiss\/\">Film On Trial Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combustiblecelluloid.com\/classic\/killerskiss.shtml\">Combustible Celluloid Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s crazy how you can get yourself in a mess sometimes and not even be able to think about it with any sense &#8212; and yet not be able to think about anything else.&#8221; Synopsis: A down-and-out boxer (Jamie Smith) reflects on his affair with a dance hall girl (Irene Kane) whose gangster-boss (Frank Silvera) isn&#8217;t happy with her decision to leave him. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Boxing Flashback Films Gangsters Stanley Kubrick Films Star-Crossed Lovers Response to Peary\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=45991\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45991"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60833,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45991\/revisions\/60833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}