released theatrically instead. The first is poetic and shadowy, the second direct and harsh as daylight, but both get at the heart of Hemingway's existential classic.



The Killers (1946)



The first screen incarnation of Ernest Hemingway's short story "The Killers" came in 1946, when director Robert Siodmak unleashed The Killers, helping to define the film noir style and launching the careers of Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner.



The Killers (1964)



Ernest Hemingway's short story "The Killers" has fascinated readers and filmmakers for generations. In 1964, Don Siegelinitially slated to direct the 1946 versiontook it on, creating the first-ever made-for-TV feature.



Special Features: New high-definition digital restorations of both films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-rays

Andrei Tarkovsky's short film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Killers," made when he was a student in 1956

Interviewfrom 2002 with writer Stuart M. Kaminsky about both films

Piece from 2002 in which actor Stacy Keach reads Hemingway's short story

Screen Director's Playhouse radio adaptation from 1949 of the 1946 film, starring Burt Lancaster and Shelley Winters

Interview from 2002 with actor Clu Gulager

Audio excerpt from director Don Siegel's autobiography, A Siegel Film, read by actor and director Hampton Fancher

Trailers

PLUS: Essays by novelist Jonathan Lethem and critic Geoffrey O'Brien Hiroshima mon amour



A cornerstone of the French New Wave, the first feature from Alain Resnais is one of the most influential films of all time. A French actress (Emmanuelle Riva) and a Japanese architect (Eiji Okada) engage in a brief, intense affair in postwar Hiroshima, their consuming mutual fascination impelling them to exorcise their own scarred memories of love and