- Title
- Killing The Killers : Hemingway, Hollywood, and Death
- Author/Creator
- Oliver Harris
- Publication Details
- Literature and the Visual Media, pp.74-95
- Annotation
- Detailed examination of the relationship between The Killers and Siodmak s film adaptation, Ernest Hemingway s The Killers (1946). Addresses both limitations of previous film criticism and problems associated with expanding such a brief text. Comments on the film s curious title and lack of fit within the noir genre. Discusses the usual topics regarding adaptation and literary fidelity and the difficulty of translating Hemingway s omission technique to film.
- Academic Unit
- Hemingway Bibliography
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Record Identifier
- 991015130875903691
Book chapter
Killing The Killers : Hemingway, Hollywood, and Death
Literature and the Visual Media, pp.74-95
2005
Appears in Hemingway Bibliography
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