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Movie · 1975

The Day of the Locust

By train, by car, by bus, they came to Hollywood... in search of a dream.

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Hollywood nightmare Grotesque social satire Artistic disillusionment Lonely outsiders Unrequited obsession Decadent old hollywood

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Release
1975
Runtime
145 min

Synopsis

Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.

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