Blast of Silence

Film - 1961

8,0

27.6K

Blast of Silence it's a movie with Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker, Bill DePrato, Peter H. Clune Full cast. Directed by Allen Baron. Original title Blast of Silence Genres Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime.

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Balkan Castevet

Noir lays the foundations for the figure of the solitary and meticulous killer where Baron's direction, while maintaining formality, differs from the noirs of classic Hollywood given that he also seeks "dirty" settings, violence is shown and in these respects it is a sort as a trailblazer for New Hollywood. The opening of the film perfectly outlines the protagonist without framing him, a dark tunnel where you can see the small light at the exit crossed by a train. The killer Frankie is a totally alone character, as reiterated by the voice over, Baron never misses an opportunity to show how the killer is totally uncomfortable with people and in social environments. Very interesting that despite the voice over insisting on the fact that Frankie hates everything and everyone, the killer seeks social interaction. In fact the protagonist would like to change his life, here is the light at the bottom of the initial gallery, but Baron seems not to want to give hope by composing a rather tragic film with no way out. The killer therefore never appears banal, he is a multifaceted character who since childhood , the focus on orphans is emblematic, he has only had the worst and this has influenced his path from which he would also like to escape in order to live in a "normal" way even if in his thoughts he says that he also hates this possible type of life. Film from which Melville will take various aspects for his Le Samuorai, in turn making his own discourse on society. Fincher's recent The Killer also owes a lot to Baron's film, the insistence of the voice over but how the character "betrays" his his thoughts on several occasions. The direction is excellent both in showing the killer's loneliness through medium shots, it is convincing in showing him unsuitable in social environments and works both in the scenes of violence and in the preparation of the "hit". Frankie's advance in the distance where Baron is Read all

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A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York. But a special girl from his past, and a fat gun dealer with pet rats, each gets in his way.