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Blast of Silence (1961)

Director(s) Allen Baron
Producer(s)

No producer listed for this movie
Top Genres Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Thriller/Suspense
More Films Directed by Allen Baron More Films from 1961 More Films from the 1960s Top Classic Movies of the 1960s

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Blast of Silence (1961) was a Crime - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Allen Baron .

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Blast of Silence (1961)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 19, 2018 From 4 Star Films

It looks like we’re staring into a black hole. Disorienting. Dark. Swirling around us. Our eyes adjust as our narrator begins his voiceover that will cover the majority of the film’s canvas. In this moment he talks about that initial spark, that moment of birth when humans leave the wo... Read full article

Blast of Silence (1961)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 19, 2018 From 4 Star Films

It looks like we’re staring into a black hole. Disorienting. Dark. Swirling around us. Our eyes adjust as our narrator begins his voiceover that will cover the majority of the film’s canvas. In this moment he talks about that initial spark, that moment of birth when humans leave the wo... Read full article

Blast of Silence (1961)

By Beatrice on Jul 1, 2017 From Flickers in Time

Blast of Silence  Directed by Allen Baron Written by Allen Baron and Waldo Salt 1961/USA Magla Productions First viewing/Netflix rental This unique indie film noir was right up my street. The story is told through liberal use of a second-person narrator who describes  the protagonist’... Read full article

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Blast of Silence Quotes:

Narrator: You're alone. But you don't mind that. You're a loner. That's the way it should be. You've always been alone. By now it's your trademark. You like it that way.
Narrator: You'll know him by the hate in his eye when he asks for a light.
Narrator: You don't have to know a man to live with him. But you have to know a man like a brother to kill him.
[closing narration]
Narrator: "God moves in mysterious ways," they said. Maybe he is on your side, the way it all worked out. Remembering other Christmases, wishing for something, something important, something special. And this is it, baby boy Frankie Bono. You're alone now. All alone. The scream is dead. There's no pain. You're home again, back in the cold, black silence.
Narrator: You know the type. Second-string syndicate boss with too much ambition and a mustache to hide the fact he has lips like a woman. The kind of face you hate.
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Blast of Silence Facts
At the beginning, which shows a train coming out of a tunnel, this is what would have been seen in a train LEAVING New York. The train, with it's magnificent GG1 electric locomotive, emerges from the tunnel and is seen in Newark's Penn Station. Trains do not burst into the light, an important metaphor in the film, entering New York City but arrive at dark, underground platforms. However the now demolished sky lighted departure hall of New York's Penn Station is seen. Trains between Cleveland and New York generally traveled over the New York Central line and arrived at Grand Central Terminal.
Allen Baron originally offered the role of Frank Bono to Peter Falk as a friend for no pay. Falk seriously considered it, but declined when he was offered a paying gig.
Part of the movie was shot during the middle of a real hurricane - the wind seen during the fistfight is not artificial. It was filmed on Long Island during Hurricane Donna (September 10-12, 1960), the only hurricane of the 20th Century to strike the entire East Coast from south Florida to Maine.
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