Continuing my Stanley Kubrick deep dive, I just watched his second film, Killer’s Kiss. This is a film noir from 1955, just a bit longer than an hour. The main character is a boxer; I have a soft spot for boxing movies that probably comes from watching Rocky as a kid. My favorite thing about the film, aside from the general “noir-ness” of it, is the really interesting and unusually shot boxing scenes. Kubrick wrote this story, which I have to confess I found underwhelming. I thought his first film (Fear and Desire) was far more interesting as a psychological thriller. But visually I can see the improvements from first movie to second. Overall, though, Fear and Desire was a better watch, and felt more like Kubrick to me.
Fool of Spirit 