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Murder a la Mod is a 1968 American film directed by Brian De Palma in his first feature film as a director and writer. An experimental, low-budget murder-mystery, it was shot on black-and-white 16mm film. Following its limited theatrical release, the film was rarely seen until its reissue on DVD in 2006.
Murder à la Mod: Directed by Brian De Palma. With Andra Akers, William Finley, Margo Norton, Jared Martin. Naive young Karen wants to help her struggling amateur-filmmaker boyfriend Christopher raise enough money so he can divorce his wife.
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- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Brian De Palma
- 1968-05-01
A girl is murdered and the story goes into the exploration of the three most likely suspects.
A (partially) non-linear storyline shows the same significant events from several different characters' perspectives (a la Tarantino's Jackie Brown).
- (16)
- Brian De Palma
- David Nusair
Overview. Naive young Karen wants to help her struggling amateur filmmaker boyfriend Christopher raise enough money so he can divorce his wife. Meanwhile, jolly psycho-prankster Otto stalks the building where Christopher is shooting a low-grade adult movie in order to keep himself afloat. Brian De Palma. Director, Writer.
'Murder a la Mod' opens with various young models being asked to undress during a screen test. An unclear delineation of reality and film, each expresses trepidation about posing nude, only wanting to do it to earn enough money to help the unseen photographer divorce his wife.
Jun 20, 2016 · Such is the case with Brian De Palma’s Murder à la Mod, which bares the thrillmeister’s genre proclivities in full view. Although Murder is technically the second film De Palma made, it was the first to get released, as 1963’s The Wedding Party wasn’t distributed until six years after its production.
