Other movies that follow the life of a killer/sociopath
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infinity8 — 14 years ago(January 01, 2012 12:57 AM)
That's an interesting view on the aquarium, tensaip. I thought that Bishop's issues at the aquarium had to do with his memories of falling in the lake as a child.
Forgive me for being picky, but when Bishop looks at the painting, he is studying the middle portion of Bosch's triptych "The Garden of Earthly Delights," not the Last Judgement portion. The middle portion depicts people enjoying all sorts of fruit and sex and sex with people who have heads of fruit and other weird stuff. It represents indulging pleasures and living in a state of sin. That fits nicely with your point that Bishop does care what Steve does after Bishop's death, and it suggests that Bishop feels a bit guilty about his trade, which is probably the cause of his psychological problems. -
ciphoid_9 — 18 years ago(July 09, 2007 09:18 AM)
A few recommendations from the top of my head (no particular order):
Le Samoura
Blast of Silence
The Day of the Jackal
(only the original version with Edward Fox!)
Ghost Dog
Lon
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
C'est arriv prs de chez vous -
Serpico1988 — 18 years ago(March 23, 2008 11:46 AM)
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J. Spurlin — 15 years ago(August 09, 2010 07:34 AM)
Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics
Volume 1 has a few you might like.
Murder by Contract
(1958) follows the life of a hitman with more than a few similarities to the Charles Bronson character in this film.
The Sniper
(1952) follows the life of a serial killer with the urge to pick off women from afar.
The Lineup
(1958) shows us a day in the life of a hit man and his psychopathic protege (Eli Wallach).
I agree with the recommendations of
Lon
and
Blast of Silence
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ccr1633 — 15 years ago(August 12, 2010 11:08 AM)
If you like comic books you might enjoy "The Killer" by Luc Jacamon. And for the record, "The Day of the Jackal" is in my opinion the best of the movies that follows around a contract killer (though a sizable amount of the film focuses on the police who are hunting him).
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rexcrammer — 15 years ago(August 12, 2010 06:45 PM)
While not movie, that HBO special called The Iceman, was pretty engaging. I think its available on youtube. In some ways he was an excellent hitman as he was able to balance being a cold blooded killer while maintaining a seemingly normal family life. Something Bishop could not do.
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activista — 11 years ago(April 24, 2014 04:36 AM)
MEMORY OF A KILLERa Dutch film about an older hitman who is about to lose his memory
BLAST OF SILENCEthis very dark 1961 film-noir indie is all about a New York hitman and how he lives his lifewell-made, it even looks like a European film in part due to its uniqueyou couldn't even tell it was low-budget, it was shot and made so well. -
Shosanna_Dreyfus83 — 15 years ago(January 02, 2011 05:25 PM)
In addition to the ones mentioned by others I might suggest Best Seller starring James Woods and Brian Dennehy. James Woods plays a pretty cold and ruthless hitman in that one and is very good in the role.
Au revoir, Shosanna.
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tensaip — 15 years ago(February 02, 2011 04:55 AM)
This was the last great statement in 20th Century Hong Kong Cinema's Female Assassin subgenre. It's philosophically deep, said philosophy being Confucianism. The story is also firmly rooted in it's contemporary political setting of 1996 and the anxiety over the imminent handover of Hong Kong to the Maiinland Communists.
This movie also probably holds the non-Woo squibs record.