Academy Award-winner John Schlesinger (Marathon Man) reunites with Midnight Cowboy screenwriter Waldo Salt (Coming Home), a victim of the 1950s McCarthy-era blacklist, to adapt Nathanael West's acid satire of Hollywood decadence and broken dreams. Painter Tod Hackett (William Atherton, Looking For Mr. Goodbar), working in the art department of a movie studio during the 1930s 'golden age' of Hollywood, falls in unrequited love with aspiring starlet Faye Greener (Karen Black, Five Easy Pieces). He competes for her affections against other men: a pair of cowboys (Bo Hopkins, American Graffiti and Pepe Serna, Scarface), and a forlorn accountant (Donald Sutherland, Invasion of the Body Snatchers). As Faye's career fails to take her beyond roles as an extra, her life becomes increasingly desperate and her relationships with men take a darker turn, reaching fever pitch at a red-carpet movie premiere that explodes into barbaric chaos. A bitter critique of tinsel-town's empty promises and the lost souls cheated by them, featuring lush, dreamlike cinematography by Conrad Hall (In Cold Blood), and stunning performances by its talented cast, The Day of the Locust remains a relevant and shattering experience.
- Region Code:
- Region B
- Duration:
- 143 minutes
- Extras:
- Language(s): English, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1 - 1.85:1, Mono, Stereo, Booklet, Commentary: Oral history audio commentary conducted by Lee Gambin (writer/film historian) featuring Leslie Asplund and Charles Ziarko (assistant directors), Michael Childers (production associate), Grainger Hines and Pepe Serna (actors), Dan Perri (title designer), Ann Roth (costume designer), Alan L. Shefland (assistant editor) and Ron Vidor (assistant camera operator), Image Gallery, Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch; 'Jeepers Creepers, Where'd You Get Those Peepers?': Visual essay by Lee Gambin; 'Days of the Golden Age': Visual essay by Elissa Rose (costume historian/film historian); 'Welcome to West Hollywood': Appreciation of the film by Glenn Kenny (critic)
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