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Performance (1970)

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Even in an era of cinematic experimentation, Performance stands out as a visually daring major-studio film that deals with questions of sanity and identity rarely touched on in mainstream filmmaking. The elements of Performance certainly looked attractive to studio executives at Warner Bros. -- a gangster on the lam hides out in the home of a reclusive rock star -- especially since that musician was being played by Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones. But co-directors Nicolas Roeg (who also

R, 1 hr. 45 min.

Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Special Interest

Directed By: Donald Cammell , Nicolas Roeg

Written By: Donald Cammell

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1970 Wide

On DVD: Mar 15, 2005

Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast

James Fox
Chas Devlin
Mick Jagger
Turner
Anita Pallenberg
Pherber
Mich�le Breton
Lucy
Ann Sidney
Dana
John Bindon
Moody
Stanley Meadows
Rosebloom
Allan Cuthbertson
Lawyer
Johnny Shannon
Harry Flowers
Anthony Valentine
Joey Maddocks
John Sterland
Chauffeur
Kenneth Colley
Tony Farrell
Eddie Calhoun
Erroll Garner
Kelly Martin

Critic Reviews for Performance

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[VIDEO] "Performance" pioneered a slew of modern cinematic techniques adopted by such master filmmakers as Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, Quentin Tarantino, and Gaspar No�.

April 18, 2011 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Comes across as pretentious in spots but has not lost its '60s hallucinogenic suggestiveness. It haunts like the dream just out of reach of the rational concrete.

August 19, 2010 Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews

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Donald J. Levit

ReelTalk Movie Reviews

A grand Borgesian hall of mirrors

March 15, 2010 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Em sua estr�ia como ator, Jagger surpreende pela intensidade e expressividade, ao passo que Fox, um int�rprete j� consagrado � �poca, impressiona pela coragem em protagonizar um filme que retratou como poucos a insanidade da Londres daquele per�odo.

April 10, 2009 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

A strangely mesmerizing, innovative film whose artistic stature has increased largely due to its absorbing look at British crime and art worlds circa 1968, and riveting turns by Mick Jagger and James Foxx who exchange personalities in this tale.

September 21, 2008 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

the film reeks of Sixties avant garde style in an engaging sort of way and still comes across as a hip exploration of the kind of life us normal people can never have.

June 15, 2007 Comment

Douglas Pratt

DVDLaser

We were always building monuments to our power and we always will be--performance is just one avenue to that same old immortality.

April 26, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

The last half of the film is sheer nonsense, and less interesting nonsense than that which preceded it

February 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Chris Barsanti

Filmcritic.com

Performance creates an elaborate yet surreal tone that never quits.

February 11, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

Sex, drugs, and rock and roll, Performance has it all.

February 11, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

Meaty, dark and weird.

December 12, 2005 Comment

Cole Smithey

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Cited as a classic by fans of cult movies, gangster movies, music movies and movie movies - I'd been jonesing to see this film for 25 years... and it did not disappoint. James Fox was great. Mick does a great Brian Jones. I gotta watch this like five more times right now.

July 11, 2007