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Requiem for a Killer: The Making of Blast of Silence

Allen Baron’s film noir BLAST OF SILENCE (1961) was almost impossible to see for years, known only by reputation until a small but revelatory revival in the ’90s. REQUIEM FOR A KILLER: THE MAKING OF BLAST OF SILENCE is a 60-minute documentary shot largely in 1990 by Wilfried Reichart (after the film’s rediscovery at the Munich Film Festival) and expanded by Robert Fischer in 2007. Baron is a good host, sharing stories and observations as he walks through the locations in 1990 and talks about the film and his career, and he bookends the production with new interviews from his home in 2006.

Germany 2007 · Written and directed by Robert Fischer and Wilfried Reichart · Camera: Jon Stengle (New York), Robert Fischer (Los Angeles) · Sound: Kurt Kimmel (New York), Robert Fischer (Los Angeles) · Music by Meyer Kupferman (from the film BLAST OF SILENCE) · Produced and edited by Robert Fischer · With Allen Baron · A Fiction Factory Production · Running time: 60 minutes

PUBLISHED ON THE FOLLOWING DVDS:

Baby Boy Frankie
Blast of Silence (Criterion: Blu-ray)
Blast of Silence (Criterion)