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great nyc locations circa 1960 (all)
extremely unsentimental (all)
criterion collection (all)

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Obscure, Gritty 1961 Crime Flick Gets the Criterion Treatment

a cult film connoisseur, forty something, a music lover, a man, a writer

JUN

2008

Allen Baron's 1961 Blast of Silence is a lost classic of American Independent Cinema and late-period film noir, which has been lovingly restored and reissued on DVD as part of the Criterion Collection.

Blast of Silence tells the story of Frankie Bono, a hired killer who arrives at New York's Penn Station on a train from Cleveland, to fulfill a contract hit on a mid-level mobster. He is accompanied by an omniscient narrator, an uncredited Lionel Stander, a great character actor who had been blacklisted during the Red Scare. The narration was written under pseudonym by Waldo Salt, another artist who... read full review »

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Movie Title	Blast of Silence
Format Type	DVD
Film Genre	Crime Cult Classics Film Noir Movie Classics
MPAA Rating	Unrated
Key Information	Directors Allen Baron Genre Dramas Subgenre Mystery/Suspense MPAA Rating Not Rated Available Formats DVD: Director Approved Special Editon UPC 715515028721 Release Date 1961 Running Time 1hr 17min
Languages	Original Language English
DVD Editions	DVD Editions DVD: Director Approved Special Editon1hr 17minImage Entertainment, Inc.April 15, 2008Not Rated715515028721
Professional Reviews	Professional Reviews (06/01/2008, p.89, Tom Charity): "The tone is Camus in New York, but it's as much a B-movie as an existential statement, with...