The Killers (1946)

opinion: What Mark Hellinger, a Hollywood producer, expected from a movie, top billing one unknown but good looking Circus acrobat, an obscure but beautiful secondary n0-dramatic actress and directed by a German expat expressionist? On top of that the lead actor should be killed five minutes after the start, revealing the killers and the whole story should be presented backward on … Continue reading The Killers (1946)

711 Ocean Drive (1950)

opinion: This semi-documentary gangster movie narrated in voice over, plots the rise and fall of a bookmaker boss, from being an honest and poor phone company repairman to a powerful and rich dead body on the sidewalk. Greed, corruption, double-cross and desire was the reason for his disgrace; For the first time on a movie, crime syndicate was … Continue reading 711 Ocean Drive (1950)