Kiss Me Deadly (1955) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)
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- Country of origin:
- USA, 1955
- Age release:
- Dieser Titel ist nicht FSK-geprüft.
Delivery to minors is not possible.
Infos zu Titeln ohne Jugendfreigabe - Item number:
- 9374415
- UPC/EAN:
- 5050629451030
- Release date:
- 5.8.2019
- Series:
- Criterion Collection
- Genre:
- Thriller
- Playing time ca.:
- 106 Min.
- Director:
- Robert Aldrich
- Actor:
- Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart
- Film music:
- Frank De Vol
- German title:
- Das Rattennest
- Language:
- Englisch
In this atomic adaptation of Mickey Spillane’s novel, directed by Robert Aldrich, the good manners of the 1950s are blown to smithereens. Ralph Meeker stars as snarling private dick Mike Hammer, whose decision one dark, lonely night to pick up a hitchhiking woman sends him down some terrifying byways. Brazen and bleak, Kiss Me Deadly is a film noir masterwork as well as an essential piece of cold war paranoia, and it features as nervy an ending as has ever been seen in American cinema.
Extras
New high-definition restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Audio commentary by film noir specialists Alain Silver and James Ursini
New video tribute from director Alex Cox
Excerpts from The Long Haul of A. I. Bezzerides, a 2005 documentary on the Kiss Me Deadly screenwriter
Mike Hammer’s Mickey Spillane, a 1998 documentary about the life and work of the author
Video pieces on the film’s locations
Controversial altered ending
Theatrical trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic J. Hoberman and a 1955 reprint by director Robert Aldrich
Reviews
Lexikon des Int.Films: "Ein unterkühlt und knapp inszeniertes klassisches Beispiel des amerikanischen 'film noir'."
