Monday, January 17, 2011

Monday Movie

The classic opening scene of The Killers (1946). One of my favorite William Conrad roles. Pure, silky menace.

8 comments:

Steve Skubinna said...

My favorite part of the film is when Burt Lancaster is shot while Steve Martin is making coffee in the kitchen.

Paco said...

Hey, I'll be posting a scene or two from Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid in the coming weeks.

Minicapt said...

Willy was much better as the Mikado.

Cheers

mojo said...

I find it interesting that the first part is all there is to the short story. The rest of the movie is tacked on.

But with Ava Gardner as the "dame". who's complaining?

Paco said...

Mojo: Absolutely correct. The movie is "based" on Hemingway's story, but only the first 15 minutes or so have anything to do with the original work (although that 15 minute segment is pretty rigorously faithful to it).

bruce said...

Great music by Miklos Rosza.

That theme: dah, da-dum dum dah.

Was it later simplified for Dragnet? Or are they both based on an older piece of music?

It's one of the few pieces of music I've heard all my life but never sure of the origin of.

Paco said...

Bruce: the Dragnet theme was written by Walter Schumann. Sounds a bit like Rosza's soundtrack, though, doesn't it?

Paco said...

Or rather, the opening few bars do.