The conservative, middle-aged audience was unenthusiastic, although two nights later, a second preview was received much more positively by a younger student-based audience in Westwood Village.When Armand finally returns with the bonbons from the confectioners, the theatre box is empty - Marguerite has already departed with the Baron.This gritty film followed Scorsese""s two earlier feature films, includingWho""s That Knocking at My Door (1967)(also with Harvey Keitel that explored similar hemes), and the sexy and violent Depression-Era crime thrillerBoxcar Bertha (1972), produced by Roger Corman...Is that all here is to it?...Gosh, what was everybody talking about?...Well, I""m glad it""s over.For a while, I was afraid I might die before it happened.Had a wreck, or some deal like that.A budding sociopath, Kit ignores her feelings and she realizes that he doesn""t care about anything she says.] BackgroundKiss Me Deadly(1955) is the definitive, apocalyptic, nihilistic, science-fictionfilm noirof all time - at the close of he classic noir period.