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Day of the Locust, The (1975) Rank 3 Reviews
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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The locusts are the little people, faceless and sad, who accumulate on the benches of Los Angeles, waiting for a bus that will never come. They're surrounded by the artificial glitter of Hollywood, which provides dreams that certainly are happier and some ...read the complete Day of the Locust movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
The 1970s was a period of great artistic freedom in Hollywood, when the major studios, in dire financial straits after a string of big-budget flops in the late 1960s, turned over the reins to young auteurs and foreign directors. For the first time in ...read the complete Day of the Locust movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
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by Charles E. Hearne... on August 26, 2009
This has always been a favorite and I am thrilled to have found it at such a great price. ...
by Richard Brower on February 23, 2008
It magnificently captures the early years of Hollywood. Everything is PERFECT... cast, story, dialog, action, background, and especially, Karen Black in her most sexy role. ...
by John Farr "The Be... on July 05, 2007
A blistering adaptation of Nathanael West's novel, "Locust" might be the most audaciously cynical movie ever made about Tinseltown. Peopled with deranged healers, petulant dwarves, painted child stars, and washed-up never-weres, Schlesinger's film ...
by Grigory's Girl "G... on August 21, 2006
I just saw this film for the first time in nearly 15 years. It had always stayed with me (especially the climax, one of the greatest in cinema history), and upon seeing it again, it is even sadder, more depressing, and nihilistic than before. The names ...
by bob lundy "bob lu... on June 09, 2006
I had forgotten that I had bought the DVD version back in 2004 and I'd have to say I wasn't struck by the feeling that it was a bad transfer. I will say there was much purposeful graininess and soft focusing to the photography that could be interpreted ...
by Hiram Gomez Pardo on October 20, 2005
Nathanel West `s novel becomes is long crystallization of his long Hollywood experience as a screen writer. Several short comings here and there; for instance, Karen Black looks extremely old for the role of a 17 year-old heroine. Impressive debut of ...
by Timothy O. Riley ... on March 19, 2005
Nathanael West's caustic tale of early Hollywood has never been topped...ever. It is so dirty, filthy and debauched one needs a shower after reading it.
Director, John Schlesinger, has captured all of the putrid excesses of West's novel in bright sunny ...
by OverTheMoon on March 16, 2005
Burn Hollywood Burn, The Day of the Locusts is an overblown pressure cooker starting to fissure, the result is that everyone from the blond bimbo dame trying to sleep her way to talent to the injection of cowboys as norms playing their roles in LA, the ...
by M. DALTON on September 07, 2004
Firstly I need to make a correction or two to a couple of my fellow reviewers. While astounding, THE DAY OF THE LOCUST won NO Oscars. Burgess Meredith was indeed nominated for his extraordinary work as was Jerome Hellman for photographing it so ...
by Minnie and Henery... on August 08, 2004
BRAVE and AMAZING piece of work circa 3 decades ago.
JACKIE HALEY as "Adore" ~ the androgyneous child wannebe star steals the show and becomes the pivot.
ATHERTON, BLACK, SUTHERLAND form the trio of misfits - followed closely by Burgess Meredith ...
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