Used DVD. Running time: 1 h 4 min. Age rating: 16 Subtitles: english
Stanley Kubrick’s second feature film, Killer’s Kiss, made the world take notice of an extraordinary talent. Kubrick won considerable acclaim for this dazzling film noir about a struggling New York boxer (Jamie Smith) whose life is imperiled when he protects a nightclub dancer (Irene Kane) from her gangster boss (Frank Silvera). Using his camera like a sandpaper block, Kubrick stripped away the veneer from the prizefight and dancehall worlds. Killer’s Kiss not only lends considerable insight into future Kubrick classics, but is also a remarkable film in its own right: the boxing match may be the most vicious this side of Raging Bull, and the famed final battle remains an action tour-de-force.