Was it miker who recently lamented the lack of good
hardboiled lit adaptations on DVD? Well, I recently ran cross
the new reissue of The Killers, which collects both film
versions of Hemingway story (well, they start with tthat
story, sort of). And look at all of the extras:
DVD Features: Features for The Killers (1946 Version): New
digital transfer Andriie Tarkovsky's 1956 student film
version of The Killers Video interview with writer Stuart M.
Kaminsky Screen Director's Playhouse 1949 radio adaptation,
starring Burt Lancaster and Shelley Winters Actor Stacy Keach
reads Hemingway's short story Production and publicity stills
Essay by Jonathan Lethem Paul Schrader's seminal 1972 essay
"notes on film noir" Music and effects track Features for The
Killers (1964 Version): Reflections by star Clu Gulager
Excerpts from Don Siegel's autobiography Production
correspondence including memos, broadcast standard reports,
and casting suggestions Production and publicity stills Essay
by Geoffrey O'Brien Music and effects track Number of discs:
2
I think I'll be getting it, maybe with The Big Sleep, which
contains both cuts of the Howard Hawks classic, plus a short
documentary about the differences between them.
Mark
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