FILM 1185: THE KILLING
TRIVIA: Initial test screenings
were poor, citing the non-linear structure as the main problem. Stanley Kubrick was forced
to go back and edit the film in a linear fashion, actually making the film even
more confusing. In the end, it was released in its original form, and is often
cited as being a huge influence on other non-linear films like Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Pulp Fiction (1994).
The narration was added at the
studio's insistence. Stanley
Kubrick hated the idea and thus makes much of the information that
the narrator provides false or mistaken.
The location where John Clay (Sterling Hayden) proposes
the deal to Maurice Oboukhoff (Kola Kwariani)
is a mock-up of the 42nd Street Chess and Checker Parlor in New York City.
Director Stanley Kubrick was a
regular chess player there, as was Kola.
Kirk Douglas was so
impressed with this film that he sought out the director for his next project, Paths of Glory (1957).
Stanley Kubrick initially
wrote a script outline. He then asked Jim Thompson to flesh it
out with dialog.
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