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Dominican Rep. The Day of the Locust
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Drama
Tod Hackett, fresh out of Yale, wants to make it as an art director in late 1930's Hollywood - but he finds himself increasingly distracted by his new neighbor Faye, a would-be starlet with possible designs of her own on a lonely, morose accountant. As Tod is drawn deeper into the lurid private lives of studio bosses and film industry workers, he gradually becomes desperate to know if Faye - or anyone - is capable of real love.
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"'Day Of The Locust' exudes authenticity, from the costuming to the cars, from the exotic clothes to the marcelled hair styles." | ||
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"A tale of the losers and chancers rattling around Hollywood's fringe, the film fatally lacks the black humour and nightmarish edge of Nathanael West's source novel" | ||
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"Magnificent production, combined with excellent casting and direction, make The Day of the Locust as fine a film (in a professional sense) as the basic material lets it be." | ||
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"The movie finally becomes just an exercise, then: a brilliant one at times, and with a wealth of sharp-edged performances, but without people for its things to happen to. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" | ||
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"A mosaic that never comes together." | ||
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"Exquisitely painful look at how Hollywood turns its hopefuls into whores." | ||
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"Obvious and mushy beneath its dazzling surface, the film fails on its own terms." |
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