Little Murders
Little Murders is a 1971 American black comedy film directed by Alan Arkin, in his feature film directorial debut, and starring Elliott Gould and Marcia Rodd. Based on the stage play of the same name by Jules Feiffer, it is the story of a woman, Patsy (Rodd), who brings home her boyfriend, Alfred (Gould), to meet her severely dysfunctional family amidst a series of random shootings, garbage strikes and electrical outages ravaging their New York City neighborhood.
Plot
Patsy Newquist is a 27-year-old interior designer who lives in a New York City that is rife with street crime, noise, obscene phone calls, power blackouts and unsolved homicides. When she sees a defenseless man being attacked by street thugs, she intervenes, but is surprised when the passive victim doesn't even bother to thank her. She ends up attracted to the man, Alfred Chamberlain, a photographer of excrement, but finds that he is emotionally vacant, barely able to feel pain or pleasure. He permits muggers to beat him up until they get tired and go away.
More details
author | Jules Feiffer |
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contentLocation | New York City |
director | Alan Arkin |
editor | Howard Kuperman |
genre | comedy drama |
keywords | attack disturb eccentric family how to interior design murder new yorker phone call police detective shoot street crime street thug unsolved |
musicBy | Fred Katz |
producer | Jack Brodsky |
productionCompany | Brodsky-Gould Productions |
publisher | 20th Century Fox |
theme | black comedy satirical |