See "Day of the Locust"
Griffin mentioned not having seen this, and I think he would have a good time with this one.
It's arguably a blank check film for John Schlesinger following the success of Midnight Cowboy. Written by Waldo Salt. An iconic freakout score by John Barry. Based on the Nathaniel West novel. Cinematography by Conrad Hall.
The cast is bonkers. Donald Sutherland playing a simpleton named Homer Simpson. Burgess Meredith plays a vaudeville performer who is slowly wheezing and coughing to death. His daughter is played by Karen Black as a struggling, tantrum-throwing actress. William Atherton is another asshole who is obsessed with her. The legendary Billy Barty is his neighbor/drinking buddy and last but not least, Jackie Earle Hailey plays an androgynous child named Adore who is a screaming brat who ends up in the crosshairs of one of the most violent, nightmarish sequences I've ever seen in a film.
This is a horror movie in disguise, and its hilarious and nasty. Not for the faint of heart. Its faithful to the source novel as a scathing indictment of Hollywood and Schlesinger brings all of that bitterness and black humor of Midnight Cowboy to 30s Hollywood. He referred to it as his "ugly duckling" and personal favorite of his own films.
See this film!
Griffin mentioned not having seen this, and I think he would have a good time with this one.
It's arguably a blank check film for John Schlesinger following the success of Midnight Cowboy. Written by Waldo Salt. An iconic freakout score by John Barry. Based on the Nathaniel West novel. Cinematography by Conrad Hall.
The cast is bonkers. Donald Sutherland playing a simpleton named Homer Simpson. Burgess Meredith plays a vaudeville performer who is slowly wheezing and coughing to death. His daughter is played by Karen Black as a struggling, tantrum-throwing actress. William Atherton is another asshole who is obsessed with her. The legendary Billy Barty is his neighbor/drinking buddy and last but not least, Jackie Earle Hailey plays an androgynous child named Adore who is a screaming brat who ends up in the crosshairs of one of the most violent, nightmarish sequences I've ever seen in a film.
This is a horror movie in disguise, and its hilarious and nasty. Not for the faint of heart. Its faithful to the source novel as a scathing indictment of Hollywood and Schlesinger brings all of that bitterness and black humor of Midnight Cowboy to 30s Hollywood. He referred to it as his "ugly duckling" and personal favorite of his own films.
See this film!