Blast Of Silence (Criterion) DVD

• 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono (English)
• Requiem For A Killer: The Making of Blast Of Silence (2007)
• Rare on-set Polaroids
• Locations revisited in 2008
• Trailer
• PLUS: An essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty and a four-page graphic-novel adaptation of the film by award-winning artist Sean Phillips (Criminal, Sleeper, Marvel Zombies)

Director: Allen Baron
Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker, Peter Clume, Danny Meehan

Swift, brutal, and black-hearted, Allen Baron's New York City noir Blast Of Silence is a sensational surprise. This low-budget, carefully crafted portrait of a hit man on assignment in Manhattan during Christmastime follows its stripped-down narrative with mechanical precision, yet also with an eye and ear for the oddball idiosyncrasies of urban living and the imposing beauty of the city's locations. At once visually ragged and artfully composed, and featuring rough, poetic narration by Lionel Stander, Blast Of Silence is a stylish triumph.