HollywoodGolightly Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 I couldn't find any threads for this noir within the last year, so here we go - it's on TCM this Saturday, March 20th at 8:30am ET *Kiss Me Deadly* (1955) Detective Mike Hammer fights to solve the murder of a beautiful hitchhiker with a mysterious connection to the Mob. Cast: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez Dir: Robert Aldrich BW-106 mins, TV-PG Link to post Share on other sites
JarrodMcDonald Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Glad you started a thread for it. I have never seen it. And I'm counting the days till TCM shows it again. Link to post Share on other sites
HollywoodGolightly Posted March 19, 2010 Author Share Posted March 19, 2010 Thank you, Jarrod, I don't think you have to count much longer because it shows tomorrow morning. Link to post Share on other sites
HollywoodGolightly Posted March 20, 2010 Author Share Posted March 20, 2010 Don't forget - Kiss Me Deadly is on at 8:30am ET This is the movie trailer, courtesy of the TCM mediaroom: "http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?o_cid=mediaroomlink&cid=215151 Link to post Share on other sites
ValentineXavier Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 *Kiss Me Deadly* is great, sort of a neo-noir, while noir was still being made. I can't recall which filmmaker, but a French new wave director credited it with being the inspiration for French New Wave films... or, at least they were greatly influenced by it. It had lots of good actors, I'm a Ralph Meeker fan, and Paul Stewart, Jack Elam, ... Link to post Share on other sites
HollywoodGolightly Posted March 21, 2010 Author Share Posted March 21, 2010 Could the French filmmaker you're thinking of have been Jean-Pierre Melville, perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites
ValentineXavier Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Possibly... If I were to guess, it would be Godard, or perhaps Truffaut. But, I did a bit of poking around, and discovered it was then-film critic Truffaut, in the French film magazine Cahiers du Cinema. Link to post Share on other sites
HollywoodGolightly Posted March 21, 2010 Author Share Posted March 21, 2010 Well, I guess I didn't realize how much this film had helped inspire the French New Wave. Link to post Share on other sites
kingrat Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 The high level of violence and the amorality of the hero in KISS ME DEADLY also make a direct line to POINT BLANK, just as Aldrich's western VERA CRUZ takes us directly to Sergio Leone. KISS ME DEADLY is really well directed, although the script has holes you could drive a truck through. Perhaps with a star more charismatic than Ralph Meeker, it might have made a bigger impact in its day. Link to post Share on other sites
sezne Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 gee ralph meeker was good in this film as well in the st valentine's day massacre Link to post Share on other sites
arlenemccarthy Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Ms Leachman & MsCooper are gorgeous. Link to post Share on other sites
ValentineXavier Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 > {quote:title=kingrat wrote:}{quote} Perhaps with a star more charismatic than Ralph Meeker, it might have made a bigger impact in its day. I like Ralph a lot, and he's great in this film. He has just the right attitude. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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