Movie

The Day of the Locust

63%Critics35 reviews75%Audience120 reviews

7.3361average critics score, out of 1019752h 24mR

Drama

In the 1930s Los Angeles, Hollywood shines like a beacon to all the helpless people scattered across the city. In one crumbling apartment block, a blond bombshell (Karen Black) aspires to be an actress, an artist (William Atherton) looks for legitimacy, and a child actor performs a gross homage to Mae West. Cockfights and poverty prevail out of the glow of show business. Introverted accountant Homer Simpson (Donald Sutherland) watches as society collapses under greed and ambition.

Directed by:

John Schlesinger