Killer’s Kiss (1955) dir. Stanley Kubrick

killer's kiss (1955) directed by stanley kubrick

"It's a mistake to confuse pity with love."

Born on this day in 1928, director Stanley Kubrick who started out as a photographer. I have included photos that he took of boxer Rocky Graziano for Look Magazine. In 1950 he made a short documentary "Day of the Fight" shows Irish-American middleweight boxer Walter Cartier during the height of his career, on the day of a fight with middleweight Bobby James, which took place on April 17, 1950. Unsurprising in 1955, he made the film "Killer's Kiss" which feature a boxer protagonist.

More of his photos of Graziano for Look can be found here:

What your favorite film of Kubrick's, noir or not?

Killer's Kiss (1955)

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Cinematographer: Stanley Kubrick

Killer's Kiss (1955), Stanley Kubrick // Black Swan (2010), Darren Aronofsky

The Devils - Killer's Kiss

Remembering Gerald Fried and Oliver Wood

Here is my combined remembrance of two entertainers we lost this weekend:

Remembering Gerald Fried 1928-2023

Oscar winning composer Gerald Fried as died at 95. He was a close collaborator with Stanley Kubrick composing his films Day of the Fight, Fear and Desire, Killer's Kiss, The Killing, and Paths of Glory. Music played a vital role in all of those films and the last two are quite memorable.

One of the Star Trek soundtrack albums from Fried

Fried also composed a lot of memorable music in television including Gilligan's Island (CBS 1964-1967), Star Trek (NBC 1966-1969), and Roots (ABC 1977).

The link above is the obit from Hollywood Reporter.

Oliver Wood 1942-2023

Cinematographer Oliver Wood has died at 80. He was director of photography on Miami Vice (NBC 1984-1989), Die Hard 2, John Woo’s phenomenal Face/Off, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum. 

one of the many shots captured by Wood, this one in Face/Off

The link above is the obit from Hollywood Reporter.

in some distant universe my dragon age lavellan and astarion are kissing on the lips

I needed some more nightmare gang in my life (and I will add the others later just got eepy)

Lex’s face never fucking stays the same and it’s frustrating

Killer's Kiss (Stanley Kubrick, 1955) Cast: Jamie Smith, Irene Kane, Frank Silvera, Jerry Jarrett, Mike Dana, Felice Orlandi, Shaun O'Brien, Barbara Brand, David Vaughan, Alec Rubin, Ruth Sobotka. Screenplay: Stanley Kubrick, Howard Sackler. Cinematography: Stanley Kubrick. Film editing: Stanley Kubrick. Music: Gerald Fried. If only Stanley Kubrick hadn't had to worry about such incidentals as plot and characters, Killer's Kiss might have been a classic film noir. It has a gritty urban atmosphere, striking visuals of well-chosen locations, and a perhaps slightly overdone jazz score. But it doesn't have much of a story to tell: Boxer on the skids meets attractive blond and rescues her from her brutal boss. It's not enough to carry a film for even the bit over an hour that the film runs. (It only seems longer.) What holds our attention are some skillful photography -- a reminder that Kubrick began his career as a staff photographer for Look magazine -- evoking a now mostly lost New York City, including Penn Station before its demolition, and a few set pieces: the prize fight; the larking, drunk conventioneers who steal the protagonist's scarf; the chase across the rooftops; and the fight in a warehouse full of mannequins, in which Kubrick comes up with some striking setups such as a shot of the protagonist with plaster hands dangling over his head. There are some attempts to give the characters a backstory: his family in Seattle, her gloomy tale about her father and sister. But these don't give enough depth to the characters. They remain excuses for camera setups rather than actual human beings.

Film Journal

“Killer's Kiss“ by Stanley Kubrick

“It's crazy how you can get yourself in a mess sometimes and not even be able to think about it with any sense, and yet, not be able to think about anything else. You get so you're no good for anything or anybody. Maybe it begins by taking life too serious. Anyway, I think that's the way it began for me, just before my fight with Rodriguez three days ago...”  Killer’s Kiss (1955) dir. Stanley Kubrick

Two from Stanley Kubrick’s Killer’s Kiss from 1955

https://archive.org/details/killerskiss1955_201908

he’s trying to say hello to you but he’s shy hehehehe

Killer's Kiss (1955)