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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
Director	Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg
Genres	Drama

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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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  - Shropshire
  - 22 Jan 2006 at 21:21
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  psychedelic cinema
  
  The film 'performance' is a hidden gem. Its clever merges two opposing genre's of the period; that being very macho gangster style thrillers (Get ... read more »
  
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- - Andrejuno
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  - 27 Apr 2012 at 01:37
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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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  - 10 Feb 2012 at 17:21
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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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- - Janemer
  - 3 reviews
  - 15 Jan 2012 at 17:45
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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 »
  
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  - 09 Dec 2011 at 16:23
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  The Future of Cinema
  
  Stupendous it shakes you out of your comfort zone and inspires you in ways you never thought possible.
  
  This is a different type of movie; along the ... read more »
  
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  - 06 Nov 2011 at 17:05
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  Brilliantly written and brilliantly 'Performed'!
  
  Just an absolute classic! I've been listening to Big Audio Dynamite since the eighties and have always wondered where some of the quotes used in their music... read more »
  
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- - MCTarget
  - 17 reviews
  - London
  - 15 Jul 2011 at 10:59
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  Wicked and Trippy!
  
  Wow! What a wicked movie this was. It starts off as what seems to be a blatant gangster flick as Chas, a gangland enforcer goes around doing his thing. A job... read more »
  
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- - Mosco
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  - London
  - 16 Aug 2010 at 10:41
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  Performance
  
  Not as good as I remembered it the first time round!!!!!
  
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  - 04 Mar 2010 at 19:16
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  Cult Classic but not an easy ride
  
  Schizoid movie, first half brutal British gangster saga, second part free flowing exploration of the fragility of personal identity.
  
  Nick Roeg as co-... read more »
  
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- - CitizenKane
  - 5 reviews
  - Norwich
  - 25 Jan 2010 at 19:45
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  Performance
  
  It really didn't interest me at all. In the beginning it had a style & visciousness characterised vividly by James Fox that grabbed me & held my ... read more »
  
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  - 16 Apr 2009 at 17:38
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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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  - Shropshire
  - 22 Jan 2006 at 21:21
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  The Finest British Movie Ever Made!
  
  Why [oh why] has this movie not been released on special-edition DVD yet!? What the heck are Warner Bros playing at? They initially tried to bury this seminal ... read more »
  
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- - Desy
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  - Carrickfergus
  - 20 Sep 2006 at 21:18
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  simply the Best
  
  Simply the best Brit gangster movie ever made. And who remembered that about it?
  
  So contemporary looking it could be a spread in Wallpaper. So ... read more »
  
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- - Caroline GM
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  - 03 Apr 2007 at 18:28
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  Gangster meets flower-power
  
  This film was released in 1970, so portrays the 'swinging London' of the late 1960s, and it brings that era vividly back to life. Yet it isn't dated... read more »
  
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- - IanStewart
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  - Melton Mowbray
  - 20 Feb 2008 at 20:40
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  Brilliantly Nihilistic
  
  One of the more brilliant British films about the decadence and nihilism which descended at the end of the age of love, i.e.the 60s. Bleak and pessimistic for... read more »
  
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  - 05 Jan 2008 at 22:49
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  Intriguing film
  
  I was surprised to learn from the 'extras' that the whole film was re-cut after the first showing to Warner Bros executives. I would love to know if ... read more »
  
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- - amac
  - 5 reviews
  - Barnet
  - 08 Apr 2008 at 21:24
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  Cult Classic but not an easy ride
  
  Schizoid movie, first half brutal British gangster saga, second part free flowing exploration of the fragility of personal identity.
  
  Nick Roeg as co-... read more »
  
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- - CitizenKane
  - 5 reviews
  - Norwich
  - 25 Jan 2010 at 19:45
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  gangster movie
  
  In performance gangland meets rock aristocracy in a way that closes 60s with sobering introduction to subsequent 70s developments. Tough film and a classic in ... read more »
  
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  - 01 Jul 2007 at 18:26
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  Stick with it
  
  This film is well worth sticking with even though it was experimental in its time and seems very dated - which is good. A film in two parts really. Watch the ... read more »
  
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  - 02 Sep 2008 at 11:17
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  Performance
  
  One of the best british thrillers ever! A truly enthralling, and sometimes shocking film very much a product of its time.
  
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  - Harrow
  - 03 Nov 2008 at 19:47

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