Performance (1968/1970) and The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976), strange movies both, share at least two other things -- both were directed by Nicolas Roeg (the first with Donald Cammell, who later shot himself in the head) and both feature rock stars in central roles.
Like William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin, these films employ a disorienting yet oddly comprehensible cut-up style.
Nicolas Roeg learned filmmaking by working with other directors. He was cinematographer, for instance, with François Truffaut on the set of Fahrenheit 451 (1966), the classic Ray Bradbury-based SF film about book burning vs. freedom of expression.
The Man Who Fell To Earth has David Bowie and Rip Torn going for it. Performance has James Fox, Mick Jagger and Anita Pallenberg going for it. Hence, both are worth checking out, at least for the daring. Deeply bizarre, to be sure, but no weirder than David Lynch, whose latest film INLAND EMPIRE (2006) is very slowly making the theatrical rounds.
Anita Pallenberg, friend of Marianne Faithfull and The Rolling Stones and all-around cool actor, fashion designer, and so on.
Today's Rune: Joy.
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