Jerry Fielding - The Killer Elite (1975)

[BryanColebrook]

This Trailer Looks Really Good, If Jason Messes Up The Remake, It Would Be A Crying Shame!!

[kezadrone]

Beyond cool.

[SteveTheMovieGuy1]

Been enjoying your videos this evening, sir. hats off, I would have thought it nigh on impossible to edit Peckinpah, who was so spot on with his own work, but you've taken this movie and made it work to Fielding's brilliant score even better than he did. If you're not already, you ought to be doing this for a living. Seriously.

[SteveTheMovieGuy1]

Been enjoying your videos this evening, sir. hats off, I would have thought it nigh on impossible to edit Peckinpah, who was so spot on with his own work, but you've taken this movie and made it work to Fielding's brilliant score even better than he did. If you're not already, you ought to be doing this for a living. Seriously.

[zerokomma]

@SteveTheMovieGuy1

....thanks again for the encouraging comments mate.....this one was pretty tough to edit, keeping the pace, choreography and the peckinpah editing style intact...g;lad you liked it. Cool to know someone out there knows his way around great movies...kudos to u sir.

[ZINCOVIX8754]

classic edit from way back..great stuff zero...still ranks as one of yer best..lov the score

[Alexisme1001]

Oddly enough for a Peckinpah film, the dialogue scenes (w/Arthur Hill and Gig Young) are the highlights of this film- not the action sequences. Especially the sinister, viciously cynical conversation between Arthur Hill and James Caan in the car.

[sinbad0910]

keep coming back to this one, choreography and editing skill!

[zerokomma]

...merci bud

[wmjahn]

That´s exactly the stuff to cheerish on a rainy Sunday afternoon! :-)

Considered by many as a "minor" Peckinpah, KILLER ELITE nevertheless offers A LOT to enjoy: great photography, a superb score by Fielding (thanx Intrada!), the always cool James CAAN (watch Thief!) and one of the best actors ever Bob Duvall (A Civil Action!). And since I love raw revenge stories this is exactly my cup of tea!

Wonderful editing - as always - zerokomma ! :-)

[zerokomma]

Sir, you have spoken very wisely! Thank you again for yer kind words. I am obliged.

[sinbad0910]

Pelham has been toppled, I have a new favourite Zerokomma vid, only 1500 views? thats ridiculous!

[zerokomma]

Tried to mimic Peckinpah's editing style by chopping up the film completely. Don't know if it worked. Hard to keep some sense of rhythm with this one. Glad you liked it.Thank you.

[zerokomma]

...and i guess the world isn't ready yet for the genius of Jerry Fielding.

[sinbad0910]

yeah love the score too!

[zerokomma]

...cause you're a man of style!

[Jockolantern]

And it's a shame that is true. I've been a Fielding nerd for only the past couple years (though I've been a film score nut for more than a decade) and Fielding's music really took me aback when I first heard it. He's certainly the most criminally neglected film score composer of the Silver Age and was an absolute master of his craft. Nice to see videos like this on YouTube in his honor.

[ebo319]

reallly good video, haven´t seen this movie in a long time, maybe not the best Peckimpah but very special anyways.

[janaka667]

Amazing montage! I've loved this movie since the 70s and you put together some of my favorite shots. Excellent editing!

[zerokomma]

thankyou.

[ZINCOVIX]

one of the coolest vids i have ever seen..i may hav said this in the past.but deserves another comment and many views..great work...great style,good selction of scenes.there is nothing harder in trying to piece it all together

[zerokomma]

Merci for the good comment.

[dandiacal]

I LOVED Jerry Fielding's work as a composer. He had a great harmonic style and instrumental color. They don't write like him anymore.

[zerokomma]

Agree completely.

[82259317]

your selection is just perfect!!!

[zerokomma]

Thank you. Glad u like them.

[ScandyTangerineMan]

Fantastic!

[scorpiosview]

this is the cooolest stuff i have seen in a while ..superb

[zerokomma]

thanks friend!

[Soundtrackcollector]

Outstanding George ...very well done!

[zerokomma]

Thank you

[zerokomma]

Thanks buddy. Freezes are done with gradient maps in Sony Vegas with a few touches here and there in Photoshop.

[PetroxExplorer]

Great stuff. Did you do the colored freeze frames in After Effects?