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Information
- A.k.a.
- The Killers
- Year
- 1956
- Runtime
- 19 min.
- Directors
- Marika Beiku, Aleksandr Gordon, Andrei Tarkovsky
- Genres
- Drama, Short
- Rating *
- 6.7
- Votes *
- 2,356
- Checks
- 459
- Favs
- 10
- Dislikes
- 2
- Favs/checks
- 2.2% (1:46)
- Favs/dislikes
- 5:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
I'm not sure really use 1956's The Killers to study Andrei Tarkovsky's emerging style since 1) it's a student film and 2) two other students are credited as director (how communist!), but as a lean, strict adaptation of Hemingway's story, it strikes me as a valuable comparison to the longer American versions. What we get here is the short story, nothing more, nothing less, and therefore a more elliptical work that leaves you wondering/imagining what happened and what WILL happen. It's well done, especially the pacing and suspense, even if it is a little strange to watch Soviets do a seminal American tale. Were there rules about what American material could be cleared for such adaptations? Is it because it's a gangland story that makes the U.S. seem unsafe and depraved that The Killers was fine for a university-financed short film? Probably. The lack of resources, yet fidelity to the source material, does provoke a bit of black face, so audience be warned. 1 month 1 week ago -
