"The Killing" Chess Club Scene (Stanley Kubrick, 1956)

[jimbolimbo369]

I thought life was supposed to be like a box of chocolates?

[Vebinz]

A true masterpiece, in many ways more entertaining than "Asphalt Jungle".

[barmatuxany]

Nick came in the downstairs floor entrance one evening when about five black youths were leaving. They bumped into each other. Words were exchanged. Nick never took any gruff from anybody and soon he was engaged in a fight with all five black kids at once. Nick probably could still have handled any one or two of them, but five were too many. Nick was beaten. The ambulance was called. Nick was taken to the hospital, and died shortly thereafter at age 77.

[theschwantz]

"Stop talking or I'll call Fischer" lol

[doctornoooo]

It must not be forotten just how good a player Kubrick was: he used to hustle

chess at Washington Square, and his moves bristle with that kind of energy:

for me he was not as good as his rep, but the early Kubrick was no slouch:

the first of Lolita, DR S, and pieces of this and much of Paths of Glory, they

zing right along, then he got flaccid, almost incomprehensible and boring, but

what the hell, we still have the early Kubrick which is more than most of the

stuff we have today.

[TheClam88]

@doctornoooo 2001 was his masterpiece.

[alanheath]

I found a VHS with this on this morning - only it finished just before the end. So now I am looking for the whole film! Can anyone help?

[Lamporre]

One of the best scenes in the film :)

[baldric55]

This is one of my favorite Noir films

[MrRezz0]

Kola Kvariani was Georgian actor and not russian. author plz edit your description.

[serotta2]

Noted

[gumby118]

What other old movies was Kola Kvariani in?

[MrRezz0]

other to be honest i dont know i know only this one. as i know he is first Georgian actor in american films that why it is so interesteng for me :)

[gumby118]

Right on :) Oh and did you know that Saakashivili was a lawyer in the US

when he was in his twenties or thirties?

[MrRezz0]

yes i know he learned there.

[suzzaneee]

Stanley Kubrick's first gem,A first-rate 50's film noir crime thriller gem,Excellent action and story including Sterling Hayden's performance,watch it online full at BigOnlineMovies . c o m

[TheGatorfan93]

Kubrick was the best.Nobody created as many great films from different generes.Incredible

[pollywogA1]

Question:  Was the rubber clown mask worn by Sterling Hayden during the actual race track robbery the exact same clown masked worn by the Joker in The Dark Knight?

Somebody's been influenced by Stanley Kubrick?

[pollywogA1]

The bald headed guy is professional wrestler and chess expert, Kola Kwariani, who played chess in New York City's Chess & Checker Club where he met Stanly Kubrick. Kola Kwariani was beaten to death at age 77 in the chess club on February 1980 by five black teenagers.

[serotta2]

Thanks for posting that. I've mentioned a bit about him under "More Info"; I heard about his tragic, senseless end. He was wonderful in the few short scenes in THE KILLING he's in. He's unforgettable.

[asderso]

@pollywogA1, unbelievable info, thank you!!!

[asderso]

@pollywogA1, any additional info why Kwariani got assaulted, please?

[Lamporre]

@pollywogA1

What the hell?! :O He was beaten to death by teenagers? A senior citizen at that?

Who would want to kill someone like him? That's awful...

[chh5555]

@pollywogA1 What a story!

[saltwaterebel]

tarrantino borrowed heavily from this film for resevoir dogs

[serotta2]

He certainly did especially as far as the "fractured time structure" the The Killing utilizes.

[elstroshitnonstop]

yeah the opening to rd was a homage to the opening of this. for a while i thought lawrence tienrey played the huge guy who starts the fight in the bar. they look so similar

[saltwaterebel]

the ending as well, everybody shoots one another.