THE DAY OF THE LOCUST (1975) - ♦♦♦♦

Directed by - John Schlesinger

Written by - Waldo Salt (based on a nover by Nathanael West)

Starring - Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, William Asherton, Burgess Meredith

"Schlesinger’s film is a portrayal of a 1930’s Hollywood that circles around the uncomfortable love affair between a struggling actress married to a simple minded rich man and a production designer for a film studio. His work carefully balances poetic madness and morbid glamour, tinted with the reputation and mystery of the scandals of the time and place it is set in. As well as that, anyone that has seen this film will count its ending among the most memorable and shocking ever experienced. "

Drama, USA