Hail Mafia!
Film Comment Selects 2017
February 17 - 23, 2017
The vigor of cinematographer Raoul Coutard’s visual style sets the rhythm for this evocative crime drama about two hitmen hired to kill an American expatriate before he testifies against the mob.
Hail Mafia! tells the story of two hitmen (Jack Klugman and Henry Silva) hired to kill an American expatriate before he testifies against the mob. But as they travel through stark cityscapes and deserted highways, the conversation turns inward, merging B-movie noir with thug-philosophical meditations on gangsterdom. The vigor of Coutard’s visual style sets the rhythm for this evocative crime drama.
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