Blast of Silence
(Baby Boy Frankie / Cronaca di un assassinio / Explosion des Schweigens)
(USA,
1961) [B/N, 77 m.].
Género: Cine negro, Thriller, Drama criminal / Mafia, Cine independiente USA.
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Ficha técnica.
Dirección: Allen Baron.
Guión: Allen Baron / Mel Davenport (seud. de Waldo Salt,
blacklisted) (narración).
Fotografía: Merrill S. Brody (B&W).
Música: Meyer Kupferman.
Producción: Merrill S. Brody.
Productora: Magla Productions.
: Allen Baron (Frank Bono), Molly McCarthy (Lorrie), Larry Tucker (Big Ralph), Peter Clume (Troiano), Danny Meehan (Petey), Milda Memonas (Troiano's Girl), Dean Sheldon (Nightclub singer), Charles Creasap (Contact man), Joe Bubbico (Gangster), Bill de Prato (Sailor), Erich Kollmar (Bellhop), Ruth Kaner (Building Supervisor), Gil Rogers (Gangster), Jerry Douglas (Gangster), Bob Taylor (Gangster), Ernie Jackson (Gangster).
Sinopsis: Después de algún tiempo retirado, el asesino profesional Frankie Bono vuelve a Nueva York para hacer otro trabajo: asesinar a un mafioso de poca monta. A pesar de sus intentos de pasar desapercibido mientras persigue a su víctima, Bono es reconocido por un antiguo compañero de orfanato. Pero no será el único error que cometa... (FILMAFFINITY)
AMG SYNOPSIS: A few days in the life of a murderer go under the microscope in this offbeat and intense low-budget film noir, the first feature from director Allen Baron. Frankie Bono (Baron) is a hired killer from Cleveland who travels to New York City a few days before Christmas on an assignment. Bono, a bitter loner who has few friends and little use for relationships with others, has been brought to the Big Apple to rub out Troiano (Peter Clume), a second-rate mobster. After a less than pleasant encounter with Big Ralph (Larry Tucker), a rotund underground gun dealer, Bono begins casing out Troiano and discovers his target is out of town for a few days, giving him some time to kill. Bono bumps into a childhood friend who thinks he could use a friend and introduces Frankie to Lorrie (Molly McCarthy), but when she invites him to her flat for dinner, the evening doesn't go well and Bono feels more alienated than ever. While keeping tabs on Troiano, Bono runs into Big Ralph again, with consequences that put the hit man and his career in great danger. Blast of Silence features a distinctive and highly dramatic second-person narration read by Lionel Stander (whose name does not appear in the credits); the narration was written by the then-blacklisted Waldo Salt under the name Mel Davenport. Director Allen Baron originally cast Peter Falk as Frankie Bono, but ended up playing the lead after Falk dropped out to take a better paying role in the crime drama Murder Inc. -- Mark Deming
AMG REVIEW: A gritty crime film about lonely professional hit man Frank Bono (Allen Baron), Blast of Silence is interesting in its meticulous detail of the killer's work, a device that has been used in many crime films since. Most of the characters are hoodlums, except for a couple of friends that Frank meets from his past. His relationship with Lorrie (Molly McCarthy) doesn't go anywhere, while Frank's life seems like a completely solitary, friendless existence, where he's scared to get close to anyone and hasn't even bothered to come up with a cover as to what he does for work. The shots of New York in the early '60s are vivid and add to the film's somewhat authentic vibe. And Blast of Silence's end is very much in the tradition of the classic gangster film. -- Adam Bregman
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(2) Subs en inglés para sordos para la misma versión.
(*) El mkv contiene unos subs en inglés HI con unos tiempos ligeramente distintos (creo que los anteriores sincronizan mejor).
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NOTA: Una versión de pequeño tamaño pero con una calidad de imagen más que aceptable (a la hora de valorar la fotografía hay que tener en cuenta que se trata de una producción independiente de bajo presupuesto).
Para los que prefieran un avi de mayor tamaño y bitrate, el ripeo de C00LdUdE aun cuenta con bastantes fuentes.
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