A Man, a Woman, and a Killer is a 1975 American drama film directed by Rick Schmidt and Wayne Wang. It is Wang's directorial debut.[2]
A Man, a Woman, and a Killer | |
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Directed by | Rick Schmidt Wayne Wang |
Written by | Dick Richardson Rick Schmidt Wayne Wang |
Produced by | Rick Schmidt |
Starring | Dick Richardson Ed Nylund Carolyn Zaremba |
Cinematography | Rick Schmidt |
Edited by | Rick Schmidt |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | 16,000[1] |
The story of a small-time gangster (Dick Richardson) writing his journal in a Mendocino, California, farmhouse, as he awaits a hit man who is coming to kill him. In this first part of a trilogy, realities continue to shift between the story, and the actual making of the film, as seen through unscripted scenes, real-life narrations by lead actors, and the real relationship that developed on the set between Richardson and the actress (Carolyn Zaremba) who played his girlfriend. A bumbling, local librarian (played by Ed Nylund) is mistaken for the "killer" and plays along with the game.
The film was made in 1973 with a budget of $16,000.[1]
A. H. Weiler of The New York Times gave the film a negative review and wrote that it "emerges as a largely static and undramatic film about the making of a film."[3]
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