The Honeymoon Killers - Criterion Collection

The Honeymoon Killers - Criterion Collection
by Leonard Kastle, Donald Volkman

The Honeymoon Killers - Criterion Collection
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Actor: Doris Roberts, Kip McArdle, Mary Jane Higby, Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco
Director: Donald Volkman, Leonard Kastle
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-07-22
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Criterion

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Movie Review: Brilliant True Crime
Summary: 5 Stars

The Honeymoon Killers is a brilliant film that wonderfully translates the devious nature and violent crimes of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck. True to the crimes themselves and remarkably accurate casting make this film quite a treat for those who know the story or want to learn more. (Although, it is not by any means an exact life-to-screen copy of the events.)

I have to agree that the score and B&W format fit this film's feeling perfectly. My only complaint, which I corrected by blaring the volume at points, is the sound is strangely mixed so some dialogue is not in sync and other portions are difficult to hear. But the movie is so great and eerie those blaring screams or ear straining whispers add to the mood of the film. And of course, Criterion Collection extras are just great. The interviews and letters sections are nice.

And I also happen to adore the menu format of an old-time newspaper.

I highly recommend this film (although beware, some of the people I have watched it found it "disturbing" because of the scene with Martha and Janet Fay).
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Summary of The Honeymoon Killers - Criterion Collection

Martha Beck (Shirley Stoler) is sullen, overweight and heartbreakingly alone. Desperate for affection, she joins Aunt Carrie's Friendship Club and strikes up a correspondence with Ray Fernandez (Tony Lo Bianco), a suave, charismatic smooth talker who could be the man of her dreams-or a wicked con artist bound for trouble. Based on a true story and filmed in documentary-style black and white, The Honeymoon Killers is a stark portrayal of the desperate lengths a lonely heart will go to find true love, from brutally immoral killings to a passion that transcends all bounds.
There's Bonnie and Clyde--then there's Martha and Ray. One-shot writer-director Leonard Kastle set out to make a film about lover-murderers that was everything Arthur Penn's movie was not. He succeeded. Consequently, The Honeymoon Killers, based on the Lonely Hearts Killers case of 1949, may be too lurid for some. But there's a heart beating inside its (tawdry) chest and Kastle clearly cared about these two crazy, mixed-up kids who should never have met. But met Martha (Shirley Stoler) and Ray (Tony LoBianco) did and proceeded to fleece several widows before doing them in. The film isn't graphic in its violence, but each murder is increasingly disturbing. Dramatic lighting and dark passages from Mahler keep the mood close and clammy throughout. Keep an eye out for Everybody Loves Raymond's Doris Roberts in a sharp cameo--and for shots directed by original helmer Martin Scorsese (fired for working too slowly). --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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