Murder a La Mod/The Moving Finger

Actor: Margo Norton , Andra Akers , Jared Martin , William Finley , Ken Burrows
Director: Brian De Palma
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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Editorial Review:

Lost horror from Brian De Palma! Love-starved Karen is startled to learn that her boyfriend Christopher earns a living making nudie movies with a creep named Otto (the always odd William Finley). Believing Christopher is only in the skinflick scene to make enough money to divorce his wife, Karen steals some cash for him but, while attempting to deliver it, is attacked by Otto and his ice pick... To reveal more would spoil things except to note that Murder a la Mod culminates in a surprisingly gory murder that not only echoes Psycho but anticipates snuff films as well. Brian De Palma's directorial debut is a witty, bloody, funny, cynical and downright nasty little gem that, until now, has remained maddeningly impossible to see since its theatrical release in 1968 (where it played a single New York theater). Full of the same gritty vibe as his Greetings and Sisters, Murder a la Mod is De Palma at his most De Mented!

Plus: $90,000 in stolen cash shakes up a bunch of grubby bohemians when they discover a wounded bank robber hiding in the basement of a beatnik coffee house run by a phony poet (gravelly-voiced Lionel Stander) in The Moving Finger, a theatrically unreleased art house/exploitation film about Greenwich Village lowlifes that perfectly captures the hazy twilight of the Fifties beat scene: "The bus tourists are in! Start looking decadent!"

Customer Reviews:

Quite possibly Finley's strangest role yet.

As the title said, I do believe this is William Finley's weirdest role ever, judging by the films I've seen with him in the cast. Murder a la Mod is simply amazing, in my opinion, but at times it's kind of confusing. Alas, all is resolved in the end, though. Superb movie all in all.

2007-12-05

Murder a la Mod is Genius

What a great surprise this movie was. If you like De Palma's dark side, this is a must see. This was an innovative film way ahead of its time. It made great use of split screens to follow different characters. William Finley turned his his best performance as the creepy Otto. Findley's perfomance, mostly dialogue free, was very Chaplinesque.

2007-04-30