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Performance
1970
Even in an era of cinematic experimentation, Performance stands out as a visually daring major-studio film that deals with questions of sanity and identity rarely touched on in mainstream filmmaking. The elements of Performance certainly looked attractive to studio executives at Warner Bros. -- a gangster on the lam hides out .. Read more
| Starring | Michelle Breton, James Fox, Anita Pallenberg, Mick Jagger |
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| Director | Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg |
| Genres | Drama |
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Performance
Even in an era of cinematic experimentation, Performance stands out as a visually daring major-studio film that deals with questions of sanity and identity rarely touched on in mainstream filmmaking. The elements of Performance certainly looked attractive to studio executives at Warner Bros. -- a gangster on the lam hides out in the home of a reclusive rock star -- especially since that musician was being played by Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones. But co-directors Nicolas Roeg (who also photographed) and Donald Cammell (who wrote the screenplay) had much more in mind than a walk on the wild side of swinging London. Chas (James Fox) is a sadistic thug who gains our sympathies only because men even crueler than he are out to kill him. After Chas arrives at the mansion occupied by Turner (Jagger) and his female companions Pherber (Anita Pallenberg) and Lucy (Michele Breton), what looks like a decadent idyll fueled by drugs and group sex turns into a series of mind games in which Turner challenges Chas' sexual preference and core identity. Even the film's one musical number, Memo From Turner, is a William Burroughs-like monologue in which Turner fantasizes taking over Chas' role as a mobster, spewing insults to his colleagues. The film's cult status has been fueled by subsequent films of its co-directors (for Roeg, Walkabout, The Man Who Fell to Earth, and Don't Look Now; for Cammell, White of the Eye), which explored similar themes employing the same kind of jagged editing and striking visuals.~ Tom Wiener, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Michelle Breton, James Fox, Anita Pallenberg, Mick Jagger |
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| Director | Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 41 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1970 To Rent: DVD: 05 Mar 2006 |
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Roeg's debut as a director is a virtuoso juggling act which manipulates its visual and verbal imagery so cunningly... read more on Time Out
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Performance?
A 1960s netherworld of gangsters, sado-masochism and a reclusive rockstar may seem initially exciting through its description alone. However, this movie is an ... read more »
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Avoid it!
With a plot thinner than a tarts nickers and appalling acting, particularly by Jagger, you should at all attempts avoid watching this film
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Dreadful performance
Dreadful film - experimental maybe,ahead of its time possibly, but with the exception of James Fox ( who is pretty good and a million miles away from his later ... read more »
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What a ‘Performance’!
This film truly has moves like Jagger. The Rolling Stones' frontman is on top form alongside a threateningly brilliant James Fox.
As a young ... read more » - 1071854
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Oscar-winning film The King's Speech reigned supreme at the National Movie Awards on Wednesday night (11May11), scooping three top awards. The royal drama, about stuttering monarch George VI, won the Best Drama prize and Performance Of The Year for its star Colin Firth. It also landed the Special Recognition prize, for an outstanding movie performance. Accepting the prestigious award from Gwyneth Paltrow, director Tom Hooper told the crowd at London's Wembley Arena, "Of all the people who have Read more
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