Performance (film)

Performance (1970) is a British film directed by Donald Cammell and Nicholas Roeg.

History

Performance has been particularly notorious because of the difficulties it faced to get on screen. The rumour has it that Warner Brothers financed the movie hoping it could become a Rolling Stones equivalent to Beatles' A Hard Day's Night (1964). They apparently did so without reading a word of Donald Cammell's script, as the explict violence, sex and use of drugs sparked an outrage when the film was shown to Warner executives. Performance was vaulted for years, and only after several recuts and changes in Warner's administration it got its theaterical release.

Related Topics:
Warner Brothers - Rolling Stones - Beatles - A Hard Day's Night - 1964 - Donald Cammell

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