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A Man, a Woman, and a Killer

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A Man, a Woman, and a Killer
Directed byRick Schmidt
Wayne Wang
Written byDick Richardson
Rick Schmidt
Wayne Wang
Produced byRick Schmidt
StarringDick Richardson
Ed Nylund
Carolyn Zaremba
CinematographyRick Schmidt
Edited byRick Schmidt
Release date
  • March 17, 1975 (1975-03-17)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget16,000[1]

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]

Wang in San Francisco, 1980

Plot

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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

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

Production

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

Reception

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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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