The Day of the Locust

Sunset Boulevard without the wit. An Iowan artist arrives in Los Angeles and pines after a neighbor, a vapid starlet juggling the affections of an older, fragile man. It's a dark look at desperate dreamers in a city built on delusion.

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John Schlesinger directed The Day of the Locust in 1975. See John Schlesinger's full filmography, where to start with John Schlesinger, or where to go after you've seen everything by John Schlesinger.

The Day of the Locust was released in 1975 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 145 minutes.