October 21, 2014 (Series 29:9) Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell, PERFORMANCE (1970, 105 Min)
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October 21, 2014 (Series 29:9) Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell, PERFORMANCE (1970, 105 min) Directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg Written by Donald Cammell and Anita Pallenberg Produced by David Cammell and Sanford Lieberson Music by Jack Nitzsche Cinematography by Nicolas Roeg Film Editing byAntony Gibbs and Brian Smedley-Aston Art Direction by John Clark Art Department Christopher Gibbs Music Department Merry Clayton, Ry Cooder, Amiya Dasgupta, Lowell George, Milt Holland, Bernard Krause, Randy Newman, Gene Parsons, Nasser Rastigar-Nejad, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Russ Titelman, and Bobby West James Fox ... Chas Mick Jagger ... Turner Anita Pallenberg ... Pherber Michèle Breton ... Lucy Ann Sidney ... Dana John Bindon ... Moody Stanley Meadows ... Rosebloom Allan Cuthbertson ... The Lawyer Anthony Morton ... Dennis Nicolas Roeg (director, conematographer) (b. Nicolas Jack Johnny Shannon ... Harry Flowers Roeg, August 15, 1928 in London, England, UK) directed 23 Anthony Valentine ... Joey Maddocks films and television shows: 2007 The Adventures of Young Kenneth Colley ... Tony Farrell Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception (Video), 2007 Puffball: John Sterland ... The Chauffeur The Devil's Eyeball, 2000 The Sound of Claudia Schiffer (Short), Laraine Wickens ... Lorraine 1996 “Samson and Delilah” (TV Movie), 1995 Hotel Paradise (Short), 1995 “Full Body Massage” (TV Movie), 1995 Two Donald Cammell (director, writer, producer) (b. Donald Seton Deaths, 1993 “Heart of Darkness” (TV Movie), 1993 “The Cammell, January 17, 1934 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK—d. Young Indiana Jones Chronicles” (TV Series), 1991 Cold April 24, 1996 (age 62) in Hollywood, California) directed 8 Heaven, 1990 The Witches, 1989 “Sweet Bird of Youth” (TV films and video shorts, which are 2002 U2: The Best of 1980- Movie), 1988 Track 29, 1987 Aria, 1986 Castaway, 1985 1990 (Video documentary), 1999 The Argument (Short), 1995 Insignificance, 1983 Eureka, 1980 Bad Timing: A Sensual Wild Side, 1993 U2: Love Is Blindness (Video documentary Obsession, 1976 The Man Who Fell to Earth, 1973 Don't Look short), 1987 White of the Eye, 1984 U2: Unforgettable Fire Now, 1972 Glastonbury Fayre (Documentary), 1971 Walkabout, (Documentary short), 1977 Demon Seed, and 1970 Performance. and 1970 Performance. In addition, he was the cinematographer He also wrote 8 films and shorts: 1999 The Argument (Short), for 20 films and television shows, which are 1972 Glastonbury 1998 RPM, 1995 Wild Side, 1987 White of the Eye, 1979 Tilt, Fayre (Documentary), 1971 Walkabout, 1970 Performance, 1970 Performance, 1968 The Touchables (script), and 1968 1968 Petulia, 1967 Far from the Madding Crowd, 1966 A Funny Duffy (story). Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 1966 Fahrenheit 451, 1966 Breakthrough (Short), 1965 Seaside Swingers, 1964 The Girl-Getters, 1964 Code 7, Victim 5, 1964 The Masque of the Roeg and Cammell—PERFORMANCE—2 Red Death, 1964 Nothing But the Best, 1963 Band of Thieves, Michèle Breton ... Lucy (b. 1952) has appeared in 3 films and 1963 Dr. Crippen, 1963 The Guest, 1963 Just for Fun, 1961 television shows: 1970 Performance, 1968 “Odissea” (TV Mini- “Ghost Squad” (TV Series), 1961 Information Received, and Series), and 1967 Weekend. 1960 Jazz Boat. Johnny Shannon ... Harry Flowers (b. John Shannon, July 29, James Fox ... Chas (B. William Fox, May 19, 1939 in London, 1932 in Lambeth, South London, England, UK) has appeared in England, UK) appeared in 115 films and television shows, 64 films and television shows, including 2005 Stoned, 1991 among them 2014 Effie Gray, 2013 “Downton Abbey” (TV “EastEnders” (TV Series), 1989 Scandal, 1988 “Tickets for the Series), 2013 “The Great Train Robbery” (TV Mini-Series), 2013 Titanic” (TV Series), 1987 Running Out of Luck, 1986 Absolute The Double, 2013 “Utopia” (TV Series, 6 episodes), 2011 “Law Beginners, 1978-1983 “The Professionals” (TV Series), 1980 & Order: UK” (TV Series), 2009 Sherlock Holmes, 2009 “Red The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, 1980 “Tales of the Unexpected” Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1980” (TV Movie), 2007 (TV Series), 1979 “Fawlty Towers” (TV Series), 1973-1977 “Waking the Dead” (TV Series), 2005 “Colditz” (TV Movie), “Beryl's Lot” (TV Series, 44 episodes), 1973 “Scotch on the 2003 “Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale” (TV Rocks” (TV Series), 1972 Hide and Seek, 1972 Something to Movie), 2003 “Doctor Who: Shada” (TV Mini-Series, 6 Hide, 1971 Villain, 1970 Performance, and 1969 “The Gold episodes), 2000 Sexy Beast, 2000 The Golden Bowl, 1999 Mickey Robbers” (TV Series). ROEG Blue Eyes, 1997 Anna Karenina, 1993 The Remains of the Day, 1993 “Heart of Darkness” (TV Movie), 1992 As You Like It, 1992 Patriot Games, 1992 Hostage, 1991 Afraid of the Dark, 1991 “A Perfect Hero” (TV Mini-Series, 6 episodes), 1990 The Russia House, 1989 The Mighty Quinn, 1989 Farewell to the King, 1986 The Whistle Blower, 1984 A Passage to India, 1984 “The Road to 1984” (TV Movie), 1984 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, 1983 Pavlova: A Woman for All Time, 1970 Performance, 1968 Isadora, 1967 Thoroughly Modern Millie, 1966 The Chase, 1965 King Rat, 1965 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes, 1963 The Servant, 1962 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, 1951 One Wild Oat, 1950 The Magnet, and 1950 The Miniver Story. Mick Jagger ... Turner (b. Michael Phillip Jagger, July 26, 1943 in Dartford, Kent, England, UK) has contributed music to 380 film and television soundtracks. He has appeared in 16 films, TV shows, and video shorts: 2012 “Rolling Stones: One More Shot” (TV Movie), 2008 The Bank Job, 2002 “The Simpsons” (TV Series), 2001 The Man from Elysian Fields, 2001 Enigma, 1997 Bent, 1992 Freejack, 1987 Running Out of Luck, 1986 Laughter in the Dark, 1983 “Faerie Tale Theatre” (TV Series), 1978 Wings of Ash: Pilot for a Dramatization of the Life of Antonin Artaud (Short), 1978 “All You Need Is Cash” (TV Movie), 1977 “The War Between the Tates” (TV Movie), 1970 Performance, and 1970 Ned Kelly. In addition, he composed music for 7 films and video shorts: 2009 Fidelity (Documentary), 2004 Alfie, 2003 The Rolling Stones: Don't Stop (Video short), 1991 Out of Time (Documentary short), 1987 Running Out of Luck, 1972 Umano non umano (Documentary), and 1969 Invocation of My Demon Brother (Short). from World Film Directors V. II. Ed. John Wakeman, H.H. Anita Pallenberg ... Pherber (b. January 25, 1944 in Rome, Wilson Company, NY, 1988 Lazio, Italy) has appeared in 17 films and TV shows, which are British director and cinematographer, born in London, son of 2011 4:44 Last Day on Earth, 2009 Napoli, Napoli, Napoli, 2009 Jack Roeg and the former Gertrude Silk. He “always wanted to Chéri, 2007 Go Go Tales, 2007 Mister Lonely, 2002 Hideous make films” and tried to launch a film society at the Mercers Man (Short), 2001 “Absolutely Fabulous” (TV Series), 1998 School in London, where he was educated. He entered the army Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon, 1976 Le at the very end of the war and served as his unit’s projectionist, a berceau de cristal, 1970 Performance, 1969 Michael Kohlhaas - position that allowed him to see “masses of movies.” Der Rebell, 1969 Dillinger Is Dead, 1969 Heads (Short), 1968 In 1947 Roeg went to work at Marylebone Studio in Candy, 1968 Barbarella, 1968 Wonderwall, and 1967 Degree of central London, making the tea, helping to dub French films, and Murder. learning the rudiments of editing. In 1950 he moved on to MGM’s London studios at Boreham wood, where he worked as a Roeg and Cammell—PERFORMANCE—3 clapper boy and as an assistant on Joe Ruttenburg’s camera crew. In an interview with Tom Milner, Roeg says that He also “used to take stills and do a lot of work on my own at Performance “was a curious film in that we went on the floor and night, just because I was interested in learning about the construction came after. That’s why Donald and I never photography.” Roeg spent the 1950s in this way, slowly working separate our contributions. It became like our lives. W went on his way up through the hierarchy of the camera crew. In 1960 he the floor with an outline, and idea, and about the first three did some second-unit location work in Australia for Fred scenes; there wasn’t a script; and then two of us were doing all Zinnemann’s The Sundowners and in the Middle East for David the jobs of writer, director, cameraman; it was perfect, we got Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia. together in a mysterious way, just worked night and day, day and Roeg received his first credits as director of night, and it began to live.” photography for two undistinguished films by Robert Lynn, On Performance is the story of Chas (James Fox), a macho Information Received (1961) and Dr. Crippen (1962). Two more and sadistic young thug who works for a London protection interesting assignments with Clive Donner followed—The racketeer named Harry Flowers. Chas’ enjoyment of his brutal Caretaker (1963) and Nothing But the Best—and then Roger work is obvious, but he is basically a loner, not the sort of Corman’s memorable horror film The Masque of the Red Death organization man best suited to modern business (Harry Flowers (1963). Roeg says that Corman “created a feeling that made you likes to talk in terms of “mergers”). Flowers is upset when Chas want to really astonish him with good stuff….He says what he murders another mobster in a purely personal vendetta. To wants and it’s got to be done, and he makes you somehow want escape retribution Chas takes refuge in a house where Turner to improve on it.” John Cutts recalled the result “boldly (Mick Jagger), a former rock star, lives with two women.