The Day of the Locust
Life's flotsam and jetsam turn up at late 1930's Hollywoodland's door, once more, in this insightful tale of wannabes and desperadoes. Tod Hackett, artist, has inspirations to become noticed until he meets Faye Greener, blonde bombshell, and is immediately smitten. She has other ideas. She has Homer Simpson, victim, in her sights and cruelty and loneliness takes new meaning as all three are slowly sucked into the Hollywood system of sycophants, diggers and parasites, sucking the life from others as the life, and soul, is slowly sucked from them.
R
HD
Drama, Thriller
1975
144 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : The Day of the Locust
- Duration : 144 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : Nathanael West (novel), Waldo Salt (screenplay)
- Directors : John Schlesinger min
- Imdb : 7.2 (3776 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.6 (2160 votes)
- Actors : Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton
Movie Storyline
Life's flotsam and jetsam turn up at late 1930's Hollywoodland's door, once more, in this insightful tale of wannabes and desperadoes. Tod Hackett, artist, has inspirations to become noticed until he meets Faye Greener, blonde bombshell, and is immediately smitten. She has other ideas. She has Homer Simpson, victim, in her sights and cruelty and loneliness takes new meaning as all three are slowly sucked into the Hollywood system of sycophants, diggers and parasites, sucking the life from others as the life, and soul, is slowly sucked from them.