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Release Date:
4 September 1970 (Finland) moreTagline:
See them all in a film about fantasy. And reality. Vice. And versa. morePlot:
Chas, a violent and psychotic East London gangster needs a place to lie low after a hit that should never have been carried out... more | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. moreNewsDesk:
(5 articles)
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Psychedelic Borgesian masterpiece! moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| James Fox | ... | Chas | |
| Mick Jagger | ... | Turner | |
| Anita Pallenberg | ... | Pherber | |
| Michèle Breton | ... | Lucy (as Michele Breton) | |
| Ann Sidney | ... | Dana | |
| John Bindon | ... | Moody | |
| Stanley Meadows | ... | Rosebloom | |
| Allan Cuthbertson | ... | The Lawyer | |
| Anthony Morton | ... | Dennis (as Antony Morton) | |
| Johnny Shannon | ... | Harry Flowers | |
| Anthony Valentine | ... | Joey Maddocks | |
| Kenneth Colley | ... | Tony Farrell (as Ken Colley) | |
| John Sterland | ... | The Chauffeur | |
| Laraine Wickens | ... | Lorraine |
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Rated R for sexual content, nudity, drug material and some violence.Parents Guide:
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105 minCountry:
UKLanguage:
EnglishAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
France:-16 | South Korea:18 | West Germany:18 (f) | Australia:R | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | USA:X (original rating) | Finland:K-16 (cut)Fun Stuff
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The scene in which Chas is escorted out of Powis Square by thugs has one shot which has been reversed; if you look carefully you'll see a boy walking backward and cars driving in reverse. moreQuotes:
Chas: [to Mick Jagger] You're a comical little geezer. You'll look funny when you're fifty. moreSoundtrack:
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Thirty years after its release 'Performance' still remains one of the most controversial movies of the 60s/70s. For many it is an arty pretentious bore that is only worth remembering for being a mother lode of imagery that has been mined extensively by MTV "talents" over the last twenty years. (Cammell/Roeg must be up there with Bunuel and Kenneth Anger as the most plagiarized source for rock video!)
For the rest of us 'Performance' could well be THE great movie of the psychedelic era, rivaled only by Antonioni's 'Blow Up' and Jodorowky's 'El Topo'. 'Performance' merges the hard boiled Cockney gangster world of the Kray twins (exemplified by James Fox's brutal Chas) with the freaks of the rock/drug world (Jagger's enigmatic Turner) and shows they have as much in common as they differ. Reality and fantasy blur, gender and personas get confused, and Chas and Turner become increasingly hard to tell apart.
All of this unfolds to an ultra-cool soundtrack of The Last Poets, Randy Newman, Jagger's lost classic 'Memo From Turner' and former Spector/Stones/Crazy Horse collaborator Jack Nietsche's Moog. Add to this plenty of sex, trips and Jorge Luis Borges references, and you've got yourself a mind-blowing movie experience!! Highly recommended to Grant Morrison fans.