Film

The Day of the Locust 1975

Directed by John Schlesinger

  • Drama
  • 145 min
  • R

By train, by car, by bus, they came to Hollywood... in search of a dream.

Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.

Dramabased on novel or bookcinema on cinemamovie businesssocial satirehollywoodlos angeles, californialynch mobdisturbedaccountantlonely man1930smovie mogul

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