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KISS ME DEADLY


USA | 1955 | B&W | DCP | 106’ | ENGLISH
DIRECTOR: Robert Aldrich
SCREENWRITER: A.I. Bezzerides
DoP: Ernest Laszlo
MUSIC: Frank De Vol
EDITOR: Michael Luciano
PRINCIPAL CAST: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez

‘Kiss me Deadly’ starts off as an elaborate crime film, which culminates into a holocaust. Its leading man is a private eye with fascist tendencies looking for a much-coveted Pandora’s box filled with deadly secrets. On May 18th 1955, Robert Aldrich delivered this makeshift cinematic bomb, destined to explode on the very last minute, blowing up in the faces of unsuspecting viewers Mickey Spillane’s pulp pages, film noir, the cold-war nuclear hysteria of the day, the destruction of all political correctness and the most nihilistic worldview. Filmed in three weeks, at a very low cost and independently, the result was a brutal and unconventional film, inconceivable at the time and deservedly considered as one of the top, most modern of its kind. L.K.



        : Tribute to Scala

        THE WARRIORS

        THE WARRIORS

        28/09/2023, 22:30, ASTY

        DEAD RINGERS

        DEAD RINGERS

        29/09/2023, 19.30, IDEAL

        TAXI TO THE TOILET | TAXI ZUM KLO

        TAXI TO THE TOILET | TAXI ZUM KLO

        29/09/2023, 00:00, ASTY

        OUT OF THE BLUE

        OUT OF THE BLUE

        30/09/2023, 22:30, ΙDEAL

        A TOUCH OF ZEN | XIA NÜ

        A TOUCH OF ZEN | XIA NÜ

        01/10/2023, 18:00, ASTY

        SCALA!!! OR, THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE RISE AND FALL OF THE WORLD'S WILDEST CINEMA AND HOW IT INFLUENCED A MIXED-UP GENERATION OF WEIRDOS AND MISFITS

        SCALA!!! OR, THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE RISE AND FALL OF THE WORLD'S WILDEST CINEMA AND HOW IT INFLUENCED A MIXED-UP GENERATION OF WEIRDOS AND MISFITS

        02/10/2023, 20:00, ASTY

        MS .45

        MS .45

        02/10/2023, 22:30, ASTY

        VARIETY

        VARIETY

        03/10/2023, 22:00, ASTY

        BLOOD AND BLACK LACE | 6 DONNE PER L’ASSASSINO

        BLOOD AND BLACK LACE | 6 DONNE PER L’ASSASSINO

        04/10/2023, 22:30, ASTY

        IMMORAL TALES | CONTES IMMORAUX

        IMMORAL TALES | CONTES IMMORAUX

        05/10, 22:00, ΑΣΤΥ

        THUNDERCRACK!

        THUNDERCRACK!

        06/10/2023, 00:00, ASTY

        THE SHOUT

        THE SHOUT

        07/10/2023, 18.00, ASTY

        THE TENANT | LE LOCATAIRE

        THE TENANT | LE LOCATAIRE

        07/10/2023, 22:00, IDEAL