by Pont » August 13th, 2008, 3:20 am
Little Murders I watched it tonight and it's insane and brilliant. Alan Arkin directed it, Elliot Gould produced and stars, and it was written by Jules Feiffer. It's obstensibly a comedy, abeit a dark one, but it's also incredibly depressing, almost equal measures hilarious and depressing I'd say. Even when it's funny, it's more an absurd laugh than anything else. I really, really like Gould in this period of his career (MAS*H, California Split, and The Long Goodbye are favorites), and I love Alan Arkin. It's definitely an uneasy movie to watch, and I questioned immediately after whether or not it's nihilism detracted from the film, but given a little time I've come to the conclusion that it's incredible.