Opening scene from Robert Siodmak movie "The Killers", starring Ava Gardner and Burt Lancaster based on one Ernest Hemingway's short story. A must see film noir masterpiece.
What a great intro. The tone and atmosphere are perfect, and it holds up today. The acting here is so compelling. The two killers playfully bully and escalate without it becoming melodramatic. The characters feel real despite the theatricality of the noir style.
Citizen Kane influenced so many great films, especially in the 1940s. This classic - both in how it was shot and how it was plotted - is the most obvious example.
I don't see any Kane influence here. There was a dramatic use of lighting but that goes back before Kane. The same can be said for the broken timeline as well A movie called The Power and The Glory, that was released a few years before Kane, had pretty much the same story and unconventional style of using flashbacks.
The whole movie is great. But after the first 7 minutes, the rest of the movie pales in comparison. This is one of the best scenes in film noir. The uploader should have let it go another minute or so.
This movie has given us another copy of the distracted boyfriend meme without even knowing it was going to do that. Watch the party scene in the apartment the couple goes to see what I mean, assuming you're familiar with that meme. lol
That's because the rest after the diner is tacked-on. The Hemingway story ends ambivalently with the boy leaving the Swede, who seems unconcerned about the killers, in his boarding house room.
Pellicola davvero stupenda, sceneggiatura ben realizzata con la perfida Gattino Collins interpretata da Ava Gardner, quindi davvero stupenda e davvero stupenda per me come valutazione è 8,5.
My favorite lines outside of James Cagney movies and his "what's up suckers?" "what'ya hear what'ya say?" "what's the word on the street?" and "maybe they're waiting to pin a medal on the copper" speech is this movie and it's use of "bright boy/s" lol. 2 menacing old school bullies reminds me of being a kid in the 70s and the old timers that didn't joke around after WW2.
Amateurs would have pulled out their guns immediately. These two? They're confident, experiencd. They got people to do what they wanted by wearing them down via humiliation. Genius writing. Such a shame they had so little screentime.
@@countdublevay7327 he drank and hunted and loved cuba and hoover hit him with tesla heterodyne gave him white noise and threats till he keeled over gunshot style from the bone conduction and spying (psychic attack)
What a great intro. The tone and atmosphere are perfect, and it holds up today. The acting here is so compelling. The two killers playfully bully and escalate without it becoming melodramatic. The characters feel real despite the theatricality of the noir style.
Brilliant!! Awesome performance by William Conrad and Charles Mcgraw. The dialog is priceless!!
It's pretty true to the dialogue in the short story the film is based on.
This and “The Killing” 1956 from Kubrick, another great noir are my favorites thanks
Brilliantly acted - almost word for word dialogue wise from the Hemingway short story.
Yes, word for word. Even "Bright Boy."
Who's out in the kitchen?
@@wesone7429The dinner orders, too, are the same: roast pork tenderloin and chicken croquettes.
"Anything we want is not on the card, is that the way you work it?"
Not sure why, but I got a big laugh out of that line when I first saw this movie.
Word for word from Hemingway's short story.
Great dialogue in the beginning!!! Classic lines that stick with you
I know the lines by heart. Fantastic intro. Conrad and McGraw are great, and never raise their voice
It's pretty true to the dialogue in the short story which the film is based on.
Citizen Kane influenced so many great films, especially in the 1940s. This classic - both in how it was shot and how it was plotted - is the most obvious example.
I don't see any Kane influence here. There was a dramatic use of lighting but that goes back before Kane. The same can be said for the broken timeline as well A movie called The Power and The Glory, that was released a few years before Kane, had pretty much the same story and unconventional style of using flashbacks.
The cinematography from the opening through ~ 2:24 is amazing. Absolutely stunning. Then it hits you with that ice cold scene in the diner
Hard light. Large fresnels. Most likely Carbon Arcs during this era.
The whole movie is great. But after the first 7 minutes, the rest of the movie pales in comparison. This is one of the best scenes in film noir. The uploader should have let it go another minute or so.
This movie has given us another copy of the distracted boyfriend meme without even knowing it was going to do that. Watch the party scene in the apartment the couple goes to see what I mean, assuming you're familiar with that meme. lol
That's because the rest after the diner is tacked-on. The Hemingway story ends ambivalently with the boy leaving the Swede, who seems unconcerned about the killers, in his boarding house room.
@Randy White great comments
thankyou ！
バ−トランカスターの壮烈なデビュー作品です。この当時に生まれたかった！
彼が出てくるとそれだけで雰囲気が引き締まる凄いスターです。
この映画は私の宝物です。
ありがとうございます。
Everything we want's on the dinner, that's the way you work it huh?
“This towns full of Bright Boys” 😂
Yeah..so is the Dimwitocrat Party....
"Shut up, ya talk too much!"
"I gotta keep *Bright Boy* amused, don't I?"
@@whackadim2250Yeah, so is the Reputinklan party.
William Conrad and Charles McGraw stole the movie.
Absolutely!
Easily one of *the* most tense opening in a film I've ever seen. Whew! Magnificent. Wasn't this Burt Lancaster's debut?
Yes
Burt Lancaster first movie.
Wow.. brilliant! the acting is very natural and the situation is grounded on reality. TOP NOTCH!
Pellicola davvero stupenda, sceneggiatura ben realizzata con la perfida Gattino Collins interpretata da Ava Gardner, quindi davvero stupenda e davvero stupenda per me come valutazione è 8,5.
Charles McGraw didn't always play heavies, but when he did, he made it stick.
He did some Westerns too, didn't he?
Definitely one of mine favorite movies. Great acting.
My favorite lines outside of James Cagney movies and his "what's up suckers?" "what'ya hear what'ya say?" "what's the word on the street?" and "maybe they're waiting to pin a medal on the copper" speech is this movie and it's use of "bright boy/s" lol. 2 menacing old school bullies reminds me of being a kid in the 70s and the old timers that didn't joke around after WW2.
The theme music by Miklos Rozsa was used again in the later Noir film - Abandoned (1949) w Dennis O'Keefe
Another good noir film from that era is "Cry of The City", with Richard Conte and Victor Mature.
This is where Dragnet got its theme
Must give credit to Jack Webb who himself influenced later writers and showrunners such as Steven Broncho, Dick Wolf, David Simon and many others
Pre karate-era Frank Cannon.
Camera & Light ... thats all. - Great! :)
Amateurs would have pulled out their guns immediately. These two? They're confident, experiencd. They got people to do what they wanted by wearing them down via humiliation. Genius writing. Such a shame they had so little screentime.
They don't return until near the end ... the scene where they are killed.
This is a hot town. What do you call it?
23 comments only and they span from 10 years ago to 1 month ago. Crazy.
If this was about some stupid ass clown movie you would see hundreds of comments.
@@williegordon8672Sad but true.
Film noir
The town is actually called “Summit “
in the source material.
John Huston and Richard Brooks are uncredited screen writers.😊
Show the full Movie..
I feel like this slow buildup and two men slowly walking up influenced sergio Leone
Boardwalk Empire season 4 opening scene
TRES Cool/Le FILM NOIR!
DON"T FORGET THE MOVIE CRISS CROSS.....ARMOR TRUCK ROBBERY.
sorry, but Charles McGraw and Willian Conrad are the two meanest tough guys in the histoy of Hollywood...
They all come here to eat the big dinner
и это хемнигуэй? Даже я бы че нибудь по лучше бы написал
Looks like a bad episode of Cannon.
This doesn't have Reagan in it
so go watch the one with reagan in it.
Русские есть ?)
После фильма Тарковского ?
@@CallMeBernard да ))
@@CallMeBernard Да
i may really REALLY hate Hemmingway.
@Randy White
Now, i cant remember the why of it.
i know that, still today, i have a ill feeling toward E.H.
@@countdublevay7327 he drank and hunted and loved cuba and hoover hit him with tesla heterodyne gave him white noise and threats till he keeled over gunshot style from the bone conduction and spying (psychic attack)
@@countdublevay7327 thanks for sharing.