Murder a la Mod

Murder a la Mod
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Directed by	Brian De Palma
Written by	Brian De Palma
Produced by	Ken Burrows
Starring	William Finley Jared Martin
Cinematography	Bruce Torbet
Edited by	Brian De Palma
Music by	John Herbert McDowell William Finley (title song)
Distributed by	Criterion (DVD, 2011)
Release date	May 1, 1968 (1968-05-01) (New York City)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Murder a la Mod is a 1968 American film directed by Brian De Palma. The film was released in one cinema in New York City. It quickly disappeared not long after and was thought lost. However, the film was released by Criterion on Blu-ray in April 2011 as a bonus feature to Blow Out.

It was the first film for which Brian De Palma served as both writer and director.

In De Palma's 1981 film Blow Out, Dennis Franz's character watches the film on television.

Plot synopsis

Karen is a naive young lady who wants to help her boyfriend Chris, who is a struggling amateur filmmaker, to raise money to divorce his wife. Meanwhile, a jolly psycho prankster named Otto is stalking the building where Chris is shooting a low-budget adult movie to make ends meet.

Cast

• Andra Akers as Tracy
• William Finley as Otto
• Margo Norton as Karen
• Jared Martin as Chris
• Ken Burrows as Wiley
• Jennifer Salt as a 'Bird'

Reception

David Nusair of Reel Film Reviews called it "Brian De Palma's first (and worst) feature-length endeavor."

See also

• List of American films of 1968

External links

• Murder à la Mod at IMDb
• Murder a la Mod at Rotten Tomatoes