{{short description|2001 film by Diane Doniol-Valcroze and Arthur Flam}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Kill by Inches | image = Kill by Inches theatrical poster.jpg | caption = Kill by Inches theatrical poster | director = Diane Doniol-Valcroze<br>Arthur Flam | producer = Gill Holland | starring = Emmanuel Salinger<br>Myriam Cyr<br>Peter McRobbie | writer = Diane Doniol-Valcroze<br>Arthur Flam | cinematography = Richard Rutkowski | editing = Elizabeth Gazzara | music = Geir Jenssen | distributor = Fox Lorber<br>Phaedra Cinema<br>Sundance Channel | released = {{Film date|1999|9|12|TIFF}} | runtime = 80 minutes | country = United States<br>France | language = English }}
'''''Kill by Inches''''' is a 1999 independent film written and directed by Diane Doniol-Valcroze and Arthur Flam. The film premiered September 12, 1999 at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Discovery section. It opened in New York City on October 26, 2001.
==Plot== A deranged young tailor descends into madness and murder.
==Cast== * Emmanuel Salinger as Thomas Klamm * Myriam Cyr as Vera Klamm * Marcus Powell as The Father * Chrisopher Zach as The Repairman * Drummond Erskine as Old Marelewski * Peter McRobbie as Ballroom Host * Barrett Worland as Competitor #1 * David Fraioli as Competitor #2
==Festivals== * Canada: September 12, 1999 Toronto International Film Festival (World premiere) * Norway: January 19, 2000 Tromso International Film Festival * Belgium: March 24, 2000 Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film * United States: April 15, 2000 Los Angeles Film Festival (USA premiere) * United States: April 28, 2000 Maryland Film Festival * United States: June 10, 2000 Florida Film Festival * Italy: June 28, 2000 Pesaro Film Festival
==Locations== * Conservatory Garden, Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA * Dumbo, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA * Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/09/nyregion/neighborhood-reports-greenpoint-where-films-are-noir-and-parking-is-dire.html|title=New York Times. Neighborhood Reports: Greenpoint; Where Films Are Noir and Parking Is Dire | work=The New York Times | first=David | last=Kirby | date=August 9, 1998 | accessdate=May 7, 2010}}</ref>
==Voice over== Creepy poem over opening scene:
''In the dead of winter,<br>at the Tailor's Parade,<br>a little boy was given<br>a pair of scissorblades,<br>for his father was a tailor.<br>"Go and steal our father's tape measure,"<br>said the sister to her brother,<br>and with the scissorblades,<br>the little boy cut up his father's tape measure...<br>But the old man saw<br>and took his boy by the neck<br>as the sister watched with delight,<br>her brother forced through the night<br>to keep his mouth wide open<br>and in agony swallow<br>every last piece of the tape measure,<br>inch by inch, down his throat,<br>till nothing was left.''
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0188757}} * [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-13-ca-18920-story.html ''Los Angeles Times'' review by Kevin Thomas] * [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/movies/26KILL.html ''New York Times'' review by Dave Kehr] * [http://observer.com/2001/11/yesterday-he-was-nobody-today-hes-a-wanted-man/ ''New York Observer'' review "Major Alterations" by Andrew Sarris] * [http://www.critcononline.com/total%20weirdness.htm#KillByInches Critical Condition: Obscure & Bizarre Films on Video and DVD review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306043044/http://www.critcononline.com/total%20weirdness.htm#KillByInches |date=2009-03-06 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714121952/http://www.movieretriever.com/movies/1683695/Kill-by-Inches Videohound review]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kill By Inches (Film)}} Category:1999 films Category:American avant-garde and experimental films Category:American independent films Category:French avant-garde and experimental films Category:French independent films Category:English-language French films Category:1990s avant-garde and experimental films Category:1999 English-language films Category:1999 American films Category:1999 French films