Little Murders

Little Murders

1971 · 108 min · EN · PG · 6.7 (79 votes)
Dir. Alan Arkin · Starring Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd, Vincent Gardenia, Elizabeth Wilson, Jon Korkes, John Randolph · Music Fred Kaz

“Funny in a new and frightening way!”

ComedyCrime

A young nihilistic New Yorker copes with pervasive urban violence, obscene phone calls, rusty water pipes, electrical blackouts, paranoia, and ethnic-racial conflict during a typical summer of the 1970s.

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A bleakly funny, deeply cynical look at urban alienation and emotional detachment. It feels like a fever dream of a city drowning in its own apathy, where human connection is a punchline.

cynicalbleakabsurdistunsettlingdarksteadydark comedysatiricalperiod piecegritty realismapathyurban decaynihilismrelationships
new york citynihilismparent child relationshipphotographerdark comedysurrealismbased on play or musicalwedding ceremonyobscene telephone callapathy