The Killers – Directed by: Robert Siodmak (1946).
The killers starts of like a typical film noir does, with a car driving in the peak of the night, with the car's headlights on full blast, driving towards a city/ suburb area. And you see a sign that states ‘BRENTWOOD, NEW JERSEY’. And so the story begins of 'The killers'. . .
It kinda starts to kick in when they enter the town and kill a man. No real reason why, it's a film noir remember, this is normal. A detective who actually knew the guy who got killed sets out to hunt down the killers and so he sets a plan to trap the killers and the man who hired them to kill his old time buddy. The film includes a detective and gangsters/hitmen type of characters, and of course you guessed it, a femme fatale. This is a typical Film Noir and has many characteristics of a typical film noir, including dark and gloomy suburb alleyways and locations, mysterious deaths and killers. And a 'Hero', who of course encounters a variety of problems along the way in finding the two contracted killers. The film is in black and white and used a couple of dutch tilt angles and low angle shots which is stereotypical for the Film Noir genre. It uses a lot of shots which disorientate the viewer, and made the viewer feel confused. The film also includes flashbacks and is set in an urban environment like most classic Film Noirs. Not much else to it really.
It kinda starts to kick in when they enter the town and kill a man. No real reason why, it's a film noir remember, this is normal. A detective who actually knew the guy who got killed sets out to hunt down the killers and so he sets a plan to trap the killers and the man who hired them to kill his old time buddy. The film includes a detective and gangsters/hitmen type of characters, and of course you guessed it, a femme fatale. This is a typical Film Noir and has many characteristics of a typical film noir, including dark and gloomy suburb alleyways and locations, mysterious deaths and killers. And a 'Hero', who of course encounters a variety of problems along the way in finding the two contracted killers. The film is in black and white and used a couple of dutch tilt angles and low angle shots which is stereotypical for the Film Noir genre. It uses a lot of shots which disorientate the viewer, and made the viewer feel confused. The film also includes flashbacks and is set in an urban environment like most classic Film Noirs. Not much else to it really.
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