Title
The Aesthetics of Revealing/Concealing in ‘The Killers’ by Ernest Hemingway and in Its Adaptation by Robert Siodmak
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Looks at how Siodmak’s 1946 film noir adaptation fills in the gaps by expanding Hemingway’s narrative, arguing that the detective in his quest for meaning serves as the reader. Compares Hemingway’s practice of omission to Siodmak’s aesthetic of visually withholding information.
Published in
Journal of the Short Story in English
Volume
59
Date
2012
Pages
93-105
COinS
Citation
Collinge-Germain, Linda. “The Aesthetics of Revealing/Concealing in ‘The Killers’ by Ernest Hemingway and in Its Adaptation by Robert Siodmak.” Journal of the Short Story in English 59 (Autumn 2012): 93-105.