Killer’s Kiss (1955): Kubrick at The Gaslight

In my opinion, it’s a very amateurish piece. The subject was atrociously bad, and it was badly developed, but still, it allowed me to get some exposure.

— Stanley Kubrick on Killer’s Kiss

Like the other films he made before this one (three shorts and one feature), Kubrick considered Killer’s Kiss (1955) well below the standards he held himself to. He was not…