04-24-2016, 05:24 PM
Wherein Mick Jagger makes his acting debut, entering near the midway point. Wow, he was so young back when he was young.
The main story: Chaz (played brilliantly by James Fox) is a young punk enforcer being pursued by the police, as well as by his own gang who are fed up with his violent and psychotic actions. He hides out by renting a room in a guesthouse run by Mr. Turner (Jagger), a reclusive one-time rock superstar who has lost his muse. Chaz finds it a strange household, as Turner and two young women are in a peculiar ménage à trois.
This is an intriguing cultural artifact. Reading about it is as interesting as watching it. The government wanted the film destroyed. Warner Brothers itself wanted to destroy it, and it seems a miracle that, after several years, it finally crept onto the big screen. It shows recreational drug use like never before. The household grows mushrooms on the patio, mixes drugs into their meals. There are threesome baths. It’s very subversive in a very laid-back way that totally freaked out the establishment.
One of the women in the threesome is played by Anita Pallenberg, Brian Jones’ ex-girlfriend and at the time of filming involved with Keith Richards. Apparently Jagger and Pallenberg took their romantic scenes very seriously, such that Richards was often fuming just off set. As for the movie’s soundtrack, Richards declined to participate in the recordings.
Lots of weird stuff in this movie (it made the 366weirdmovies.com list) and about its making and release. Worth watching or reading about.
The main story: Chaz (played brilliantly by James Fox) is a young punk enforcer being pursued by the police, as well as by his own gang who are fed up with his violent and psychotic actions. He hides out by renting a room in a guesthouse run by Mr. Turner (Jagger), a reclusive one-time rock superstar who has lost his muse. Chaz finds it a strange household, as Turner and two young women are in a peculiar ménage à trois.
This is an intriguing cultural artifact. Reading about it is as interesting as watching it. The government wanted the film destroyed. Warner Brothers itself wanted to destroy it, and it seems a miracle that, after several years, it finally crept onto the big screen. It shows recreational drug use like never before. The household grows mushrooms on the patio, mixes drugs into their meals. There are threesome baths. It’s very subversive in a very laid-back way that totally freaked out the establishment.
One of the women in the threesome is played by Anita Pallenberg, Brian Jones’ ex-girlfriend and at the time of filming involved with Keith Richards. Apparently Jagger and Pallenberg took their romantic scenes very seriously, such that Richards was often fuming just off set. As for the movie’s soundtrack, Richards declined to participate in the recordings.
Lots of weird stuff in this movie (it made the 366weirdmovies.com list) and about its making and release. Worth watching or reading about.