A Man, a Woman, and a Killer

A Man, a Woman, and a Killer
A Man, a Woman, and a Killer
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
Release date	March 17, 1975;
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	16,000

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]

Plot

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.

Cast

Dick Richardson as Dick
Ed Nylund as Ed
Carolyn Zaremba as Z

Production

The film was made in 1973 with a budget of $16,000.^[1]

Reception

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]

References

^ ^a ^b Ferncase, Richard K. (1996). Outsider Features: American Independent Films of the 1980s. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313276071.page 30
^ Dawson, Nick (19 September 2008). "Wayne Wang, A Thousand Years Of Good Prayers". Filmmaker. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
^ Weiler, A. H. (18 March 1975). "Film: 3 Interlocked Lives:'A Man, Woman, Killer' Is Mildly Interesting". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 December 2017.

External links

A Man, a Woman, and a Killer at IMDb

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[book-1] Ferncase, Richard K. (1996). Outsider Features: American Independent Films of the 1980s. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313276071.page 30

[2] Dawson, Nick (19 September 2008). "Wayne Wang, A Thousand Years Of Good Prayers". Filmmaker. Retrieved 27 December 2017.

[3] Weiler, A. H. (18 March 1975). "Film: 3 Interlocked Lives:'A Man, Woman, Killer' Is Mildly Interesting". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 December 2017.

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