Little Murders

"𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒖𝒉, 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌?"
— "𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰."
"𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕. 𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒔𝒕?"
— "𝘈𝘯 '𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵' "

actually such a lacklustre movie, i wanted nothing more than to give up watchin this but fuuuck i've got a goal to stick to...very unfunny for a comedy, there's so little i liked about this (a few character traits) AND it was a pain in the ass to find a way to watch so it's just like. fuck. waste of time. has a message but doesn't care about delivering it, you know?

"𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒖𝒉, 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌?"
— "𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰."
"𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕. 𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒔𝒕?"
— "𝘈𝘯 '𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵' "

actually such a lacklustre movie, i wanted nothing more than to give up watchin this but fuuuck i've got a goal to stick to...very unfunny for a comedy, there's so little i liked about this (a few character traits) AND it was a pain in the ass to find a way to watch so it's just like. fuck. waste of time. has a message but doesn't care about delivering it, you know?

This is just what happens when you leave your comfort zone 💀💀

The apathy in this film is poignant. Scenes of unnecessary violence and Alfred and Patsy walking down the street, buildings are on fire and yet they don’t bat an eye. Alfred covered in blood on the subway and people look but no one cares. People being killed every five minutes, 345 unsolved murders, and this is all just commonplace. Every situation is absurd. We’re shown these kafkaesque situations and thrown into this absurdist reality where sometimes all you can do is dissociate and daydream as you’re being beat up because it was going to happen anyways and you need to just get on with life. Critiques on rituals and marriage, with an amazing monologue by Donald Sutherland, and the need to change your spouse because they were unchanging to begin with. And finally submitting to the absurdity of reality because that’s your only hope at experiencing joy, because you just have to ignore it, or embrace it. I enjoy the dark satire of this film and how it’s presented, it reminds me a lot of the film After Hours. But idk I enjoyed this film and I liked Alfred.

This is just what happens when you leave your comfort zone 💀💀

The apathy in this film is poignant. Scenes of unnecessary violence and Alfred and Patsy walking down the street, buildings are on fire and yet they don’t bat an eye. Alfred covered in blood on the subway and people look but no one cares. People being killed every five minutes, 345 unsolved murders, and this is all just commonplace. Every situation is absurd. We’re shown these kafkaesque situations and thrown into this absurdist reality where sometimes all you can do is dissociate and daydream as you’re being beat up because it was going to happen anyways and you need to just get on with life. Critiques on rituals and marriage, with an amazing monologue by Donald Sutherland, and the need to change your spouse because they were unchanging to begin with. And finally submitting to the absurdity of reality because that’s your only hope at experiencing joy, because you just have to ignore it, or embrace it. I enjoy the dark satire of this film and how it’s presented, it reminds me a lot of the film After Hours. But idk I enjoyed this film and I liked Alfred.

I’m probably gonna watch this again tomorrow maybe the next day too if I’m not busy

I’m probably gonna watch this again tomorrow maybe the next day too if I’m not busy

“This must be the first time in your life you’re having the time of your life!”

Little Murders is a strange, almost Kafkaesque black comedy starring Elliott Gould in yet another great performance of his from the 70’s. The off-kilter humour worked so well for me, and I ended up finding this film way funnier than I thought I would. Donald Sutherland’s monologue in this is absolutely superb, had a massive smile across my face throughout that whole scene. Every performance in this is so weird and absurd, but they all work perfectly with the surreal qualities of the picture. This would make for a great double feature with Martin Scorsese’s After Hours I imagine. An underrated gem of the 70’s, highly recommend.

“This must be the first time in your life you’re having the time of your life!”

Little Murders is a strange, almost Kafkaesque black comedy starring Elliott Gould in yet another great performance of his from the 70’s. The off-kilter humour worked so well for me, and I ended up finding this film way funnier than I thought I would. Donald Sutherland’s monologue in this is absolutely superb, had a massive smile across my face throughout that whole scene. Every performance in this is so weird and absurd, but they all work perfectly with the surreal qualities of the picture. This would make for a great double feature with Martin Scorsese’s After Hours I imagine. An underrated gem of the 70’s, highly recommend.