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The killing of a Chinese bookie
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Film noir.
- Crime films.
- Murder--Drama.
- Murder.
- Genre:
- Feature films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 135 minutes) digital, .flv file, sound
- Place of Publication:
- [San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2014
- System Details:
- digital
- video file MPEG-4 Flash
- Summary:
- John Cassavetes engages with film noir in his own inimitable style with The killing of a Chinese Bookie. Ben Gazzara brilliantly portrays a gentleman's club owner, Cosmo Vitelli, desperately committed to maintaining a facade of suave gentility despite the seediness of his environment and his own unhealthy appetites. When he runs afoul of loan sharks, Cosmo must carry out a terrible crime or lose his way of life. Mesmerizing and idiosyncratic, the film is a provocative examination of masculine identity. It is presented here in two versions: Cassavetes's original 1976 edit and his 1978 one, nearly thirty minutes shorter
- Notes:
- Vendor supplied data
- Originally produced by Criterion Collection/Janus Films in 1978
- OCLC:
- 897772407
- Publisher Number:
- 1113109 Kanopy
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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