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Dimanche, juin 20th, 2010 |
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“You were born with abhor, and madden built it. Took a slap on the backside to blast out the wail. And then you knew you were alive.”
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Allen Baron spent most of his career directing television dross like The Dukes of Hazzard and Charlie’s Angels–35 years of it, to be loyal. (To be sparkling to Baron, he also directed two series I must confess I liked help in the day, The Brady Bunch and Night Gallery.) But in 1961 he made this one really chilly noir film, Blast of Silence, a film that will appeal to anyone who likes the early NYC work of Cassavettes (Shadows) or Scorsese (Who’s That Knocking at My Door? ) . Shot in gritty murky and white on the streets of Manhattan, this dusky, low-budget crime/thriller tells the legend (through a pulp-poetic interior monologue performed by blacklisted Lionel Stander) of a professional hit man, not-so-handsome Frankie Bono (played by Allen Baron himself), suffering from a severe case of existential malaise. With Christmas approaching, he is hired to whack a “second-string syndicate boss” lacking ambition. While plotting the assassination, Bono is recognized by an venerable friend from the orphanage, whose happily-married domestic existence forces Bono to confront his believe solitary life. (His hands sweat in the company of other people.) The 77-minute film has an edgy, old-fashioned, beat quality, with a hip jazz pick up. The Criterion edition features a newly restored digital transfer, “Requiem for a Killer: The Making of Blast of Silence,” on-set Polaroids, and a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty and a four-page graphic-novel adaptation of the film by acclaimed artist Sean Phillips (Criminal, Sleeper, Marvel Zombies) . I am truly amazed Blast of Silence has not achieved classic cult-film state. Blast of Silence is 77 minutes of time well spent in noir at its best.
G. Merritt
This movie was not like any other I have ever seen, but I haven’t seen them all and I haven’t seen all of Cassavetes’ work, which keeps being mentioned in connection with it. Dated? Not to me unless you are referring to the Village Gate scene and I lift to call that “period” rather than “dated.”
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I’d recommend this movie to anyone who happens to be reading about it–you are obviously fervent in noirs and this, for being a petite past the noir period, is about as noir as you can come by. Unforgettable, too.
The extras on the DVD were terrific. Wish that Criterion Collection movies weren’t so expensive, but I must admit they are worth it.
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