> well, i've only seen it about 3 times but i'd stick
around to watch a new
35
> mm print of "the killing", a really great film
(final scene: "johnny,
you've
> got to run!" - "ah, what's the use.") but then i
last saw it on video at
> least 6 years ago. that film may be the ultimate
example (in my
experience)
> of the "perfect crime except for one weak link,
whereupon everything
> unravels" theme (similar to "asphalt jungle" in that
sense - in that case
i
> liked the book better than the film, it seemed to
have more atmosphere).
> anyone know of a book version of this film - script
by lionel white,
> dialogue by jim thompson IIRC?
>
> -ksm
And this is the Kubrick film that Thompson is in a scene as
the butler
Haven't seen it in a few years now, but it's one of the great
crime films. JAA
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