Palme D'Or-nominated Killing Them Softly comes from director Andrew Dominik, once again pairing up with Brad Pitt, who played the lead of his 2007 movie, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Based on the George V. Higgins novel, Cogan's Tale, it tells the story of Jackie Cogan (Pitt) who is investigating a heist that took place during a mob-protected poker game. One hopes Ray Liotta returns to his best form, having never really living up to the hype since Goodfellas, having starred in the likes of Miley Cyrus' Hannah Montana in recent years. The Sopranos' James Gandolfini plays the part of 'New York Mickey' alongside a cast of lesser-known faces. The trailer alone provides many scenes of beating and bloody violence- in contrast to the line that gives the movie its name; 'I like to kill them softly, from a distance.' Pale blue, murky green and steel tones give the movie an eerie sort of atmosphere, enhanced with shots of coroners' tags on grubby big toes and slow-moving glimpses of sawn-off shotguns. The film is not without a couple of twisted gags too though- jump to one minute into the trailer to see what I mean.
Cinematography comes courtesy of Greig Fraser (Snow White and The Huntsman), while previous Dominick collaborator John Paul Horstmann takes care of editing and the formidable Francine Maisler heads up casting. Brad Pitt's slick shades and the rest of the wardrobe come from Scarface costume and production designer Patricia Norris who also, amusingly, worked on TV show The Waltons. With Johnny Cash forebodingly singing 'There's a man going round taking names..', it seems we have a pretty cool and apt soundtrack to look forward to too. Perhaps this will be the Drive of 2012? A lot to live up to, but the bar has been set. Take a look at the trailer below and judge for yourselves... Release is set for October 19th.
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