catching up with the killers

I wasn't sure if my blog entry about them before would count as a response to the films. My first reaction to seeing the 1960's adaptation was"dragnet," turns out the director was one of the co creators. I enjoyed the 1940's version but I didn't care for the liberties taken with the backstory of each character. I think other routes could have been possible, it could have gone towards the gangster genre in different ways, it could have gone into other genres. I guess thats why its a good story to adapt, so much leway is granted with it being such a minimal story. I imagine The Killers may have a few more revivals left in it.