Faca parte do filmow e avalie este filme voce tambem. Mar 26, 2008 blast of silence was an oddity, as i had not even heard of it, nor seen in mentioned in any noir books, and its 1961 release date placed it much later on the historical timeline than most of the other fare. He meets an old flame and has second thoughts about the killing until she rejects him. This lowbudget, carefully crafted portrait of a hit man on assignment in manhattan during christmastime follows its strippeddown narrative with mechanical precision, yet also with an eye and ear for the oddball idiosyncrasies of urban living and the imposing beauty of the. A bit hard to categorize it mainly contains melancholic minimalistic tunes, sort of neoclassical newage, with emphasis on improvisation and solo instruments. Film letoltes blast of silence egy gyilkossag kronikaja. In aggiunta alle una trama emozionante ed una grande storia, blast of silence contiene caratteri uniche che il film in disparte dagli altri nello stesso genere. Blast of silence the golden palominos credits allmusic. Jun 26, 20 baron basically faked his way into his career by making and starring in the film blast of silence in 1961. Not rated, 1 h 17 min allen baron, molly mccarthy, larry tucker, peter clune director. Accompanied by an absolutely classic noir narration that you have to hear to believe, this is pure bliss for lovers of cigarettes, fedoras, and big black sedans. Decades later it was rediscovered and has become a film noir classic.
I really like this version of the simon and garfunkel song the sound of silence and wanted to put some snow imagery to. A gritty crime film about lonely professional hit man frank bono allen baron, blast of silence is interesting in its meticulous detail of the killers work, a device that has been used in many crime films since. Blast of silence 1961 after a hard life in a cleveland orphanage, baby boy frankie bono allen baron grows up to be a hired killer, someone who prefers to be alone. I suppose the film owes quite a bit to john cassavetes as well. Swift, brutal, and blackhearted, allen barons new york city noir blast of silence is a sensational surprise. Blast of silence 2003 cast and crew a hit man allen baron comes to new york to kill a gangster and gets the gun from a big guy larry tucker with a beard. Its among the last of the true film noirs, those fatalistic blackandwhite urban crime dramas that darkened the american screen so gloriously in the years after world war ii. Blast of silence contiene caratteri uniche che il film in disparte dagli altri nello stesso genere. The discs special features include a new, restored digital transfer, a making of featurette requiem for a killer. With blast of silence the group that began as an outlet for drummer anton fier and his friends in the new york avantgarde scene arto lindsay, fred frith, etc. Allen barons stark, moody blast of silence 1961 is a movie of many strange distinctions.
Blast of silence 1961 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Jun 19, 2012 richard brody on allen barons blast of silence 1961. Blast of silence is a 1961 american neonoir film written, directed by, and starring allen baron. His latest target is a secondstring crime boss in new york. Arguably, allen barons blast of silence 1961 is one of the very best film noirs in cinema history. This lowbudget, carefully crafted portrait of a hit man on assignment in manhattan during christmastime follows its strippeddown narrative with mechanical precision, yet also with an eye and ear for the oddball idiosyncrasies of urban living and the imposing beauty of the city. The making of blast of silence, rare onset polaroid photos, and images of locations as they existed in. Allen baron writes, directs and stars in the dark crime drama. The film also stars molly mccarthy, larry tucker, and peter. But with fiers reputation, listeners should realize from the start this is not countryrock in the new riders of the purple sage fashion. Blast of silence is an absolutely crackling downanddirty 90 minutes of gritty new york streets, twobit hoodlums, and sleazy bars. As most movie fans know, film noir is the cinematic genre that encompasses dark and gritty. Oct 10, 2014 allen baron and the making of blast of silence.
Find album credit information for blast of silence the golden palominos on allmusic. Directed by allen baron who worked mostly in television, in particular kolchak. This is the sort of movie, unique but out of sync with its time, that criterion practically exists to rescue. Hit man allen baron after gangster gets gun from big guy larry tucker with beard. It was, along with john cassavetess shadows 1959 and shirley clarkes the connection 1960, one of the first of the.
This unrefined gem was a real surprise, a quick shock to the system that didnt hold back, like a pointblank meeting with a snubnosed. Richard brody on allen barons blast of silence 1961. The criterion collection released blast of silence on dvd in 2008. Allen barons lowbudget 1961 film noir, blast of silence which i discuss in this clip, was his first feature, and though it. As well as directing and starring in blast of silence, baron also wrote the original screenplay. In 1959, baron was an occasional actor and former comic book artist who ambitiously wanted to try his hand at making a. In 1959, baron was an occasional actor and former comic book artist who. Swift, brutal, and blackhearted, allen barons new york city noir blast of silence is a sensational surprise, a lowbudget, carefully crafted portrait of a hit man on assignment in manhattan during christmastime.
A megjeleno oldalon lepj tovabb, majd vard meg a 10 masodpercet az oldalon, es a letoltes automatikusan elindul. You were born with hate and anger built in, it continues as it becomes clear that this ugly telling of the films protagonists birth accompanies a pointofview shot of a train emerging from a tunnel. A hired killer from cleveland has a job to do on a secondstring mob boss in new york. Baron himself plays frankie bono, a clevelandbased hit man who comes to new york during christmas week for a job. Blast of silence 1961 thrillerfilm noir 720p x264classics seeds. Indexing process is completely automated we do not check it. Well, not modern as in 2011 but its very much in the moment of 1961. Be careful of what you download or face the consequences. Somewhere between film noir and the sopranos lies blast of silence, a concise, compelling psychological portrait of a lowlevel hitman, shot in 1961 on a shoestring budget with new york city grit. Not only does frankie have to contend with taking out his.
Overview of blast of silence, 1961, directed by allen baron, with allen baron, molly mccarthy, larry tucker, at turner classic movies. Action, crime, drama, thriller 1961 add to watchlist. But a special girl from his past, and a fat gun dealer with pet rats, each gets in his way. The night stalker the devils platform, the werewolf, the ripper and shows like. Blast of silence, written and directed by allen baron, is one of the great american crime movies. Blast of silence was released in chicago on june 5, 1961. That its here at all is a gift, but the transfer is a bit questionable. Blast of silence 1961 thrillerfilm noir 720p x264classics. You were born in pain, a voiceover announces over the black screen that opens writerdirectorstar allen barons 1961 film blast of silence. Written, directed, and starring allen baron as the main hero, the film tells the story of a hitman named frankie bono, who comes to new york city during christmas time in order to carry out a contract on a lowtier mobster of course, being a noir, nothing goes as smoothly as planned. Baron basically faked his way into his career by making and starring in the film blast of silence in 1961. Blast of silence is a film noir from 1961 doused in a large dose of neorealism, a point in time in which both movements were pretty much dead. Read the full synopsis of blast of silence, 1961, directed by allen baron, with allen baron, molly mccarthy, larry tucker, at turner classic movies. Allen barons blast of silence was dumped like a corpse into a handful of theaters by universalinternational in april 1961 and rapidly vanished without a trace, only to be revived with no real frequency over the ensuing decades.
The discs special features include a new, restored digital transfer, a makingof featurette requiem for a killer. Download blast of silence 1961 thrillerfilm noir 720p. Blast of silence was an oddity, as i had not even heard of it, nor seen in mentioned in any noir books, and its 1961 release date placed it much later on the historical timeline than most of the other fare. New york film locations from the movie blast of silence starring allen baron. Axial ensembleproject divinitycelestial aeon projectmatti paalanen frozen silence is a one man project of matti paalanen. Written, directed, and starring allen baron as the main hero, the film tells the story of a hitman named frankie bono, who comes to new york city during christmas time in order to carry out a contract on a lowtier mobster. Criterions dvd of blast of silence is a fine presentation of a rare picture that wed frankly expect to see released by a gray market seller. Kattints a fenti letoltes gombra a blast of silence egy gyilkossag kronikaja 1961 film letoltesehez. There are also some fascinating photographs contrasting the new york locations between 1961 and 2008 one location currently sports an ironic billboard for an extremely distant blast of silence relative, the videogame based bomb hitman. Clocking in at a taut 77 minutes, the film was shot in late 1959 and 1960. Blast of silence records murtomaantie 6 as 7 20300 turku finland telephone. Blast of silence 1961 thrillerfilm noir 720p x264classics 0. The rights went to universal, which let it become lost.
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