Bibliograph

Blast of silence., Universal International ; screenplay by Allen Baron ; narration written by Mel Davenport ; an Alfred Crown-Dan Enright production ; produced by Merrill Brody ; directed by Allen Baron, Fullscreen

Type

Label

Blast of silence., Universal International ; screenplay by Allen Baron ; narration written by Mel Davenport ; an Alfred Crown-Dan Enright production ; produced by Merrill Brody ; directed by Allen Baron, Fullscreen

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Blast of silence.

Oclc number

191078253

Responsibility statement

Universal International ; screenplay by Allen Baron ; narration written by Mel Davenport ; an Alfred Crown-Dan Enright production ; produced by Merrill Brody ; directed by Allen Baron

Runtime

Series statement

The Criterion collection, 428

Summary

Frankie Bono is an orphan who has learned to make a profitable living as a contract killer. Traveling from Cleveland to New York during the Christmas season, he is charged with taking out mid-level Harlem numbers and drug kingpin Troiano. Stalking his prey as he goes about his daily routine, Bono is distracted by an unexpected encounter with a childhood friend whose sister sees him as a lonely man, not the barely human shell he has become. Acutely aware of his own mortality, Bono sees everything as a facade, the pretty Christmas lights mere glitzy decorations covering the festering rot of existence, and his own personal hell

Table Of Contents

"Remembering" -- "At noon you make contact" -- "Target's name is Troiano" -- "He turns your stomach" -- Time to kill -- "Alone at dinner" -- "You hate parties" -- December 25 -- December 26 -- Silencing a rat -- "Hoodlum strangled!" -- Another bad moment -- Last day -- Hit -- "God moves in mysterious ways" -- Color bars

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Blast of silence a film by Allen Baron

resource.version

Fullscreen

Classification