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      • Performance (stylised in promotional material as performance.) is a 1970 British crime drama film directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, written by Cammell and filmed by Roeg.
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  2. Nov 26, 2018 · Almost universally vilified upon its initial release – one notable exception was critic Derek Malcolm, who championed the film, proclaiming it to be “richly original, resourceful and imaginative,...

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  3. Aug 20, 2018 · Delayed for release by its own studio, Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell’s Performance is a kaleidoscopic odyssey into the dark heart of swinging London. Half a century since it was filmed, Adam Scovell went looking for its locations. 20 August 2018.

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    • Through Contemporary Eyes

    A new book called Performance: The Making of a Classic, tells the inside story from the people who were there making it. What quickly becomes clear is that the movie grew during production. It may have begun its life as a gangster story about hitman Chas (James Fox) on the run from his own gang, seeking refuge in the home of washed-up rock star Tur...

    Sensational stories about events on set boosted the film's notoriety. Were the sex scenes involving Anita Pallenberg, Michele Breton and Jagger "real"? Did this on-screen dalliance with Pallenberg, partner to Keith Richards, divide the Stones? Was this the reason for Keith's descent into heroin addiction? "All the stories around the filming of thos...

    Others are even more revealing. Fox shares how intense preparation was as he immersed himself in his role as hitman Chas. "I spent hours in the gym. Just being around those guys (criminals) helped me find Chas. I met Ronnie Kray. You add the haircut and the clothes I took to wearing and living in the area, and it felt great, quite liberating actual...

    The film left many legacies. Fox describes it as his finest role. Jagger feels the same about his own performance. It also spawned a soundtrack album overseen by musician Jack Nitzche, with contributions from Jagger and other 60s stars. The major song on the album, Memo from Turner, is as claustrophobic and sordid as the movie. Building on Jagger's...

  4. Feb 13, 2019 · In its simplest terms, “Performance” stars James Fox as Chas, a lean, mean gangster who, after proving a little too trigger happy, hides out in the decaying luxury of a London pleasure palace...

  5. Performance (stylised in promotional material as performance.) is a 1970 British crime drama film directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, written by Cammell and filmed by Roeg. The film stars James Fox as a violent and ambitious London gangster who, after killing an old friend, goes into hiding at the home of a reclusive rock star (Mick ...

  6. Nov 20, 2018 · Donald Cammell’s film Performance, shot in the summer of 1968, was mostly set in a large house in Notting Hill’s Powis Square. This was a part of Notting Hill featuring large run-down peeling terraces and squares that, a decade earlier, Colin MacInnes in his London novel Absolute Beginners had called ‘Napoli’.

  7. So what is Performance about? On the surface of it, it's the simple tale of a gangster, Chas (James Fox) whose love of violence gets him into trouble and who goes on the run, hiding out in a tenement building owned by dissolute former rock star Turner (Mick Jagger).

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