Days and nights of murder, madness and mayhem the new york. The first and best feature film from director allen baron, blast of silence is a lean and hardboiled slice of film noir from the early sixties, a time when the genre was imagined to be all but dead. In blast of silence 1960, the final shootout takes place in the. Filmed on a less than zero budget with the director also acting as the protagonist, baby boy frankie bono. Blast of silence is a textbook on how to kill a motherfucker dead. Tfh is the premier showcase for a breathtakingly eclectic assortment of trailers from classic era films both in their original form and punctuated with. A hired killer from cleveland has a job to do on a secondstring mob boss in new. Blast of silence 1961 letterboxd your life in film. In films like the naked city 1948, directed by jules dassin, new york comes to.
Blast of silence 1961 full movie free watch online with english subtitles. Blast of silence 1961 not rated 1h 17min crime, drama, thriller 17 august 1962 denmark a hired killer from cleveland has a job to do on a secondstring mob boss in new york. Blast of silence allen baron, 1961 begins dramatically with an audacious and. Broken arrow western movie, full length, classic film. Blast of silence by allen baron, molly mccarthy, larry. New york times subscribers enjoy full access to timesmachineview over 150. Blast of silence 1961 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Stream free blast of silence full movie online on marvel. Cast and crew credits for blast of silence, 1961, directed by allen baron, with allen baron, molly mccarthy, larry tucker, at turner classic movies. Watch the front row blast of silence the new yorker video. Allen barons new york city noir blast of silence is a sensational surprise. Allen barons lowbudget 1961 film noir, blast of silence which i discuss in this.
Blast of silence is een amerikaanse film noir uit 1961 onder regie van allen baron. Peter wilshire brings back to the spotlight a missing piece of film noir history, allen. Blast of silence 1961 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Blast of silence is an american crimethriller film released in 1961. But a special girl from his past, and a fat gun dealer with pet rats, each gets in his way. Blast of silence 1961 one perfect shot film school rejects. Blast of silence, which was originally titled pie in the sky although shot in 1962. The film also stars molly mccarthy, larry tucker, and peter. Allen barons lowbudget 1961 film noir, blast of silence which i discuss in this clip, was his first feature, and though it wasnt his last. Trains do not burst into the light an important metaphor in the film entering new york city, but arrive at dark, underground. Richard brody on allen barons blast of silence 1961. For a nobudget film shot on location in new york city on the sly with a nonactor in the lead role, there is a grand, existential audacity to allen barons blast of silence. Visit to a small planet 1960 jerry lewis full length comedy movie duration.
He walked by night richard basehart full length noir crime. Not only does the movie feature a jazzybeatniknewwavepercussionheavyfunkysounding musical score and soundtrack. Film quarterly, published since 1958, provides readers with insightful analyses of film, the. This week they take a look at a bit of an unknown indie noir from director, writer, and actor, allen baron, called blast of silence, from 1960.
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