{"id":37889,"date":"2016-10-19T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T07:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37889"},"modified":"2022-01-13T23:27:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T06:27:19","slug":"day-of-the-locust-the-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37889","title":{"rendered":"Day of the Locust, The (1975)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CMBA-Blogathon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CMBA-Blogathon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"256\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CMBA-Blogathon.png 320w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CMBA-Blogathon-128x102.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CMBA-Blogathon-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Hello, <a href=\"http:\/\/clamba.blogspot.com\/\">CMBA<\/a> members! I&#8217;m happy to be participating in the Classic Movie Blog Association&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/clamba.blogspot.com\/2016\/09\/coming-soon-hollywood-on-hollywood-cmba.html\"><strong>Hollywood on Hollywood<\/strong> blogathon<\/a>. If you&#8217;re new to my site, please click <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=120\">here<\/a> to read more. Welcome! <\/em> <\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Luck&#8217;s just hard work, they say &#8212; and I&#8217;m willing to work as hard as anyone!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Day-of-the-Locust-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Day-of-the-Locust-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-37891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Day-of-the-Locust-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Day-of-the-Locust-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Day-of-the-Locust-Poster.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn aspiring production designer (William Atherton) moves to Hollywood and falls in love with a would-be starlet (Karen Black) caring for her ex-vaudevillian father (Burgess Meredith) &#8212; but Black is more interested in cultivating a &#8220;business partnership&#8221; with a kind, adoring accountant (Donald Sutherland), and having fun with a cowpoke extra (Richard Dysart) and his Mexican buddy (Pepe Serna).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aspiring Stars<\/li>\n<li>Burgess Meredith Films<\/li>\n<li>Donald Sutherland Films<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Hollywood<\/li>\n<li>John Schlesinger Films<\/li>\n<li>Karen Black Films<\/li>\n<li>Paul Stewart Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nJohn Schlesinger&#8217;s adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_of_the_Locust\">Nathaniel West&#8217;s 1939 novel<\/a> &#8212; based on a screenplay by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waldo_Salt\">formerly-blacklisted Waldo Salt<\/a> &#8212; remains a satirically surreal, visually heady glimpse into late-1930s Hollywood, when production lots hosted hordes of costumed extras, starlets and ex-vaudevillians scrambled for their big break on-screen, and curly-headed dancing moppets had a one-in-a-million chance of becoming a star. The ostensible protagonist of West&#8217;s novel is Tod Hackett (Atherton): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Etherton.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Etherton.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Etherton.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Etherton-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Etherton-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; a Yale art school graduate whose entrance into Hollywood is considerably greased by his Ivy League connections. But the character we follow most closely is Black&#8217;s Faye Greener: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Greener.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Greener.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Greener.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Greener-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Greener-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; an oddly sympathetic peroxide-blonde who strings numerous men along, but with full transparency about her priorities. Her concern for &#8212; and exasperation with &#8212; her ailing father (Meredith is perfectly cast as a former-clown-turned-salesman) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Meredith.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Meredith.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Meredith.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Meredith-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Meredith-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; help to balance her childish affect and single-minded determination to shift her status from &#8220;extra&#8221; to &#8220;star&#8221;. (In the still below, she&#8217;s reaching out to herself on-screen during her overly brief appearance in a costume drama.) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/vlcsnap-2016-10-16-14h06m15s388.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/vlcsnap-2016-10-16-14h06m15s388.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/vlcsnap-2016-10-16-14h06m15s388.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/vlcsnap-2016-10-16-14h06m15s388-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/vlcsnap-2016-10-16-14h06m15s388-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inevitably, as with any cinematic adaptation of a literary work, nuance is lost in translation &#8212; but Schlesinger&#8217;s vision (assisted by DP Conrad Hall) shines forth, offering a vividly recreated landscape of Hollywood as seen from numerous vantages, including on bustling sets: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Battle-Scene.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Battle-Scene.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Battle-Scene.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Battle-Scene-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Battle-Scene-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; in studio offices:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Office.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Office.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Office.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Office-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Office-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; in courtyard apartments:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Apartment.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Apartment.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Apartment.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Apartment-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Apartment-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; along the dusty hills of Southern California: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Hills.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Hills.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Hills.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Hills-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Hills-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; up by the &#8220;Hollywoodland&#8221; sign:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Sign.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Sign.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Sign.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Sign-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Sign-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; at exclusive stag-film screenings: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Stag.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Stag.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Stag.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Stag-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Stag-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and at Graumann&#8217;s Chinese Theater on an even-more-chaotic-than-usual opening night. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Crowd.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Crowd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Crowd.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Crowd-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Crowd-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Day of the Locust<\/em> is less concerned with telling the arc of Etherton&#8217;s new career than showing us how all-consuming this universe was (and still is) for those who covet &#8212; or are even curious about &#8212; its offerings. Meanwhile, Sutherland&#8217;s hulking giant offers a deliberate counterpart to Hollywood&#8217;s headiness: his deeply neurotic, socially awkward accountant lives in Southern California for his health, and simply wants to help those-in-need; his character&#8217;s decline &#8212; intentionally evocative of <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=18354\"><em>Frankenstein<\/em><\/a>&#8216;s monster &#8212; is especially tragic given his status as a sacrificial innocent. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Suttherland2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Suttherland2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Suttherland2.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Suttherland2-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Suttherland2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch for many memorable supporting characters, including androgynous Jackie Haley as the fatally obnoxious &#8220;Adore&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Haley.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Haley.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Haley.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Haley-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Haley-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Billy Barty as Abe Kusich:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Barty.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Barty.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Barty.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Barty-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Barty-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Geraldine Page as &#8220;Big Sister&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Page.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Page.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Page.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Page-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Page-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Natalie Schafer (of &#8220;Gilligan&#8217;s Island&#8221; fame) as a cultured madam:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Schafer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Schafer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Schafer.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Schafer-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Schafer-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and William Castle in cameo as a director.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Castle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Castle.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Castle.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Castle-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Castle-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Click <a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0609041.txt\">here for a Project Gutenberg copy<\/a> of West&#8217;s book, which is well worth a read. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Karen Black as Faye Greener<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Black.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Black.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Black.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Black-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Black-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Donald Sutherland as Homer Simpson<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Sutherland.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Sutherland.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Sutherland.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Sutherland-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Sutherland-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Conrad Hall&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Cinematography.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Cinematography-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Cinematography-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A vivid recreation of 1930s Hollywood<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Paramount.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Paramount.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Paramount.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Paramount-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Paramount-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Sets2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Sets2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Sets2.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Sets2-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Sets2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Authentic sets and costumes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Sets3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Sets3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Sets3.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Sets3-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Sets3-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The surreal finale<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Finale.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Finale.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Finale.png 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Finale-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DOTL-Finale-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, once, for its surreal insider&#8217;s look at the bowels of Hollywood. It would make a good double-bill with Robert Altman&#8217;s <em>The Player<\/em> (1991). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historical Relevance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0072848\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=6418&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1256locu.html\">DVD Savant Review (spoiler alert)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/index.php?page=review&#038;id=1299\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1975\/05\/08\/archives\/day-of-locust-turns-dross-into-gold.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/film\/the-day-of-the-locust\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, CMBA members! I&#8217;m happy to be participating in the Classic Movie Blog Association&#8217;s Hollywood on Hollywood blogathon. If you&#8217;re new to my site, please click here to read more. Welcome! &#8220;Luck&#8217;s just hard work, they say &#8212; and I&#8217;m willing to work as hard as anyone!&#8221; Synopsis: An aspiring production designer (William Atherton) moves to Hollywood and falls in love with a would-be starlet (Karen Black) caring for her ex-vaudevillian father (Burgess Meredith) &#8212; but Black is more interested&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37889\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37889"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80322,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37889\/revisions\/80322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}