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 (1975-03-17)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	16,000[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

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

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.

External links

• A Man, a Woman, and a Killer at IMDb