Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema (Venue Partner)
40 Arts Circle Drive
Northwestern University
847 491 4000
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The Killers
- When
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Saturday Oct 3, 2009 (8pm)
- Where
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Directions: On the south end of Northwestern University's campus, just off Sheridan Road. Free parking at NU after 4 pm weekdays and all day weekends. Near the CTA Purple Line Davis and Foster stops and the Metra Davis stop.
- Price
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$4 with NU Wildcard and 65+; $6 general admission
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Rather than a remake of director Robert Siodmak’s 1946 version, The Killers should be considered an entirely new interpretation of the Ernest Hemingway short story on which it is based. It’s also film noir stripped to its barest, most violent elements. After John Cassavetes is gunned down by Lee Marvin and his partner, the hit men begin to wonder why their target didn’t run. And so the men begin to ask the central question of this film: are there things worse than death? Shot in full color, which enhances director Don Siegel’s razor sharp detail and Lee Marvin’s brutal efficiency, The Killers also costars Ronald Reagan in his last film.
Don Siegel, 1964, 95 minutes, 35mm
