August 3, 1970 –
Shelved for two years after a disastrous test screening at which audiences yelled at the screen and walked out of the theater, Warner Brothers finally released Performance, directed by Donald Cammell, and Nicolas Roeg, and starring James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and Michèle Breton, on this date in New York City. (Bunkies, please check with your folks before you click on the link above, the film contains nekked people engaging in adult behaviour.)
Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg (mainly responsible for the ‘look’ of the film) also benefited from a lack of interference from Warner Bros. studio executives, who believed they were getting a Rolling Stones equivalent of A Hard Day’s Night (1964). Instead, they delivered a dark, experimental film which included graphic depictions of violence, sex and drug use.
The Haus of Dcaligari 