#maxine cooper

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Kiss Me Deadly (Robert Aldrich, 1955)

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"NOIR VEERS INTO APOCALYPTIC SCI-FI IN ROBERT ALDRICH'S 1955 MASTERPIECE..."

FILM: "Kiss Me Deadly"

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Robert Aldrich

SCREENPLAY: A.I. Bezzerides

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ernest Lazslo

DISTRIBUTION: United Artists

"Genres collide in the great Hollywood movies of the mid­fifties cold-war thaw. With the truce in Korea and the red scare on the wane, ambitious directors seemed freer to mix and match and even ponder the new situation. The western goes south in "The Searchers"; the cartoon merges with the musical in "The Girl Can��t Help It." Science fiction becomes pop sociology in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." And noir veers into apocalyptic sci-fi in Robert Aldrich’s 1955 masterpiece "Kiss Me Deadly," which, briefly described, tracks one of the sleaziest, stupidest, most bru­tal detectives in American movies through a nocturnal, inexplicably violent labyrinth to a white-hot vision of cosmic annihilation.

A crass private eye looking for the big score, Mike Hammer plays with fire and gets burned. From the perversely backward title crawl (outrageously accompanied by orgasmic heavy breathing) through the climactic explosion, "Kiss Me Deadly" is sensationally baroque, eschewing straight exposition for a jarring succession of bizarre images, bravura sound matching, and encoded riddles the likes of which had not been seen in Hollywood since Orson Welles kissed the industry good-bye. Like one of "MAD’s" parodies, the movie unfolds in a deranged cubist space, amid the debris of Western civilization — shards of opera, deserted museums, molls who paraphrase Shakespeare, mad references to Greek mythology and the Old Testament. A nineteenth-century poem furnishes the movie’s major clue."

-- CRITERION COLLECTION, ""Kiss Me Deadly: The Thriller of Tomorrow," essay by J. Hoberman, June 20, 2011

Sources: www.criterion.com/current/posts/1896-kiss-me-deadly-the-thriller-of-tomorrow, Crierion Forum, Pinterest, MUBI, IMDB, various, etc...

[thebarroomortheboy]

Oh, I know he's not an illusion. I know. He's been yanked out of here. He's been taken away. He told me, remember? He told me maybe someone or something made a mistake. Let us get through when we shouldn't have gotten through. It's gotta come back to get us, somebody up there.

The Twilight Zone | 1.11 And When the Sky Was Opened

[scenephile]

...because then you always come to me.

[therealjohnstewart]

Cloris Leachman, Maxine Cooper and Marian Carr

[famousborntoday]

Gladys Maxine Cooper was an American actress, activist, and photographer. She was perhaps best known for her role as private detective Mike Hammer's secretary V...

Link: Maxine Cooper

[lupinoschums]

[kult-of-tol-in-gaurhoth]

THE WELL-KEPT LADIES OF APOCALYPTIC-NOIR.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a promo shot of actresses from the Cold War-era atomic noir/thriller, "Kiss Me Deadly" (1955), produced and directed by Robert Aldrich.

Left to right: Cloris Leachman as Christina, Maxine Cooper as Velda, and Marion Carr as Friday.

Source: http://mexnoir.blogspot.com/2011/10/kiss-me-deadly.html.

[thursdaymurderbub]

from Silver Screen Magazine, September 1941

[orbitsuns]

going out for breakfast to celebrate rosanna's recent promotion, marking the end of gen 1 ♡

live in strangerville ✓ complete the strangerville mystery aspiration ✓ reach the top of the military career (covert operator branch) ✓ master the parenting / fitness / logic skills ✓ marry your first love & maintain a strong romantic bond ✓ have 4 children & be good friends with all of them ✓

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Kiss Me Deadly (Robert Aldrich, 1955)  

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"BLOOD-RED KISSES! WHITE HOT THRILLS! THE THRILLER OF TOMORROW!"

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a portrait photo poster design for the 1955 American film noir/thriller "Kiss Me Deadly," produced & directed by Robert Aldrich.

IMDb/FILM TRIVIA:

The Kefauver Commission, a federal unit dedicated to investigating corrupting influences in the 1950s, singled this out as 1955's number one menace to American youth. Because of this, Robert Aldrich felt compelled to conduct a writing campaign for the free speech rights of independent filmmakers.

Filmed in less than three weeks.

A film made quite specifically to attack the novel it was based on and the far-right ethos it represented; director Robert Aldrich also described it to one interviewer as "anti-McCarthy and anti-Macarthur."

Source: https://posteritati.com/poster/15705/kiss-me-deadly-original-1955-us-portrait-photo.

[vampstel]

I finally got motivation to finish my wips. Have Max :3c

(character goes by she/her)

[p34ce0fm1nd]

thinks abt up-and-coming lady raven making the “i’m a fucking star” speech at cooper.

my final girl 🫶🏽

[desastreorcalamite]

Closed starter for @daydrcamings

Cooper wasn't the same man he had been before being dropped in the middle of London. Hell, he wasn't the same man he had been before the Great War back home. He had changed, adapted to each environment in order to survive. This was no exception. He had fallen back into the role of actor about as quickly as he could, letting it direct him into the unknown. "Sorry, Sweetheart. I don't do autographs."

[lghtyear]

⁽ ᴿᴼᴳᴱᴿ ⁾       . . .     ‘    requested by @drtwat :      still accepting !    ⁽ ᴼᵁᵀ ⁾

" i'm not saying he had it coming , but the look on his face was definitely worth the wait . " a brash laugh , all edge and volume . nothing soft about the woman unless necessary , brazen and bold to a fault . yet there's a kindness to her gaze as it settles upon him ; owen harper . there could be softness here , if she tried . " though i don't make a habit of punching men in the face , i'll have you know ! just those who deserve it . "