Performance (1970)
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Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:15
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Chas (James Fox), a low-level gangster, fouls up a job and finds himself on the bad side of the Organization. Suddenly on the run, he dyes his hair with red paint, calls his Mum, and starts looking... [More]
Starring: James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, Michele Breton
Director: Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg
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Reviews for Performance
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Em sua estréia como ator, Jagger surpreende pela intensidade e expressividade, ao passo que Fox, um intérprete já consagrado à época, impressiona pela coragem em protagonizar um filme que retratou como poucos a insanidade da Londres daquele período.
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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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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.
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We were always building monuments to our power and we always will be--performance is just one avenue to that same old immortality. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
The last half of the film is sheer nonsense, and less interesting nonsense than that which preceded it Full Review |
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7/10 |
Sex, drugs, and rock and roll, Performance has it all. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Meaty, dark and weird.
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4/5 |
Strange, almost hallucinatory film.
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3/5 |
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Clearly stands as one of the giant steps in freeing English-language film from the restrictions of Hollywood's standard narrative demands.
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