The Razor’s Edge is a 1984 American drama film directed and co-written by John Byrum starring Bill Murray, Theresa Russell, Catherine Hicks, Denholm Elliott, Brian Doyle-Murray, and James Keach. The film is an adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s 1944 novel The Razor’s Edge.
This marked Murray’s first starring role in a dramatic film, though he did inject some of his dry wit into the script. The book’s epigraph is dramatized as advice from the Katha Upanishad: “The path to salvation is narrow and as difficult to walk as a razor’s edge.”
No, I have documented sources and signed affidavits by the crew…of course it’s all subjective! 🤣 🤣 🤣 Then again, film critics and the public were unanimous in their opinion and the film flopped, soooooo there’s that.
And with this, sarcastic or sincere, you’ve proved my point. Murray, at this point in his career, was more famous for leading the chant “it just doesn’t matter” (Meatballs) or for goading John Candy to mudwrestle, “You’re a lean…mean…FIGHTING…MACHINE!” (Stripes)
And to think, he did Ghostbusters just to get financing for this vanity project. Hey, we all like what we like and later make up reasons for it. Cheers!