benwhowell Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 As film lovers, I'm sure we all love a good movie about Hollywood...for a feel of contemporary Hollywood, I think Robert Altman's "The Player" would be hard to beat. A movie I've been obssesed with (for years) is John Schlesinger's "The Day Of The Locust." It's a hedonistic and macabre depiction of '30's Hollywood. The entire cast appear to be "stoned" throughout the movie-including Karen Black, William Atherton, Geraldine Page, Burgess Meredith, Billy Barty and (I saved the best for last) Jackie Earl Haley (playing an obnoxious little girl (!) named Adore) and Donald Sutherland (playing Homer Simpson look-a-like...Homer Simpson!) The ending, with Homer and Adore coming to terms, has to be one of the most disturbing endings in a mainstream(?) Hollywood movie-from 1975...This movie leaves me feeling like I should go into detox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constarkel Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 I have GOT to check "The Day of the Locust" out! Thanks for the heads-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackBurley Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 I'd completely forgotten that Sutherland's character was named "Homer Simpson"! Is this where Matt Groenig got the name for the Simpson patriarch? Day of the Locust is a movie that haunts me. Since I'm fascinated with Hollywood of that period, I'm always drawn to it. But, I think I hate it. That ending is so over-the-top! Yet every time it's revived at a local theatre, I'm find myself watching it -- agog -- once more. Is it possible that I love it? Other movies on Hollywood: Bad and the Beautiful Barton Fink Bowfinger Merton of the Movies Singing in the Rain Star is Born Sullivan's Travels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 Don't forget "The Last Tycoon" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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