UW Cinematheque | Little Murders

USA | 1971 | DCP | 110 min.
Director: Alan Arkin
Cast: Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd, Vincent Gardenia

In a thoroughly dystopian NYC, emotionless photographer Alfred Chamberlain (Gould) trudges passively through daily life, until one day, he is saved from a mugging by a kindly interior designer (Rodd). Their ensuing romance re-humanizes Alfred and makes things exponentially worse for all involved. Arkin’s feature directorial debut is a hilarious and terrifying adaptation of Jules Feiffer’s shattering stage play, and features an unforgettable comic turn by Gardenia as Robb’s father. (BR)