Bad Timing
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| Bad Timing | |
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| Directed by | Nicolas Roeg |
| Produced by | Jeremy Thomas |
| Written by | Yale Udoff |
| Starring | Art Garfunkel Theresa Russell Harvey Keitel Denholm Elliott Daniel Massey |
| Music by | Richard Hartley |
| Cinematography | Anthony B. Richmond |
| Editing by | Tony Lawson |
| Distributed by | Rank Organisation (UK) The Criterion Collection (2005, DVD) |
| Release date(s) | September 12, 1980 (Toronto Film Festival) |
| Running time | 122 Min Uncut Version 129 Min Uncut Version |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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Definition Ryan Sherbank & Rebecca Goulet
Bad Timing is a 1980 film directed by Nicolas Roeg.
In Vienna, a young American woman in her twenties (Russell) is rushed to the emergency room after apparently overdosing. With her is Alex Linden, an American psychiatrist (Garfunkel) teaching in Vienna. Through a series of fragment flashbacks the film tells the story of their romance, which ends up becoming a sexual obsession. The woman, Milena, suffers from depression and is still married to a much older man (Elliott) whom she crosses the border to see at times. Linden likes her free spirited ways at first, then grows tired of her lifestyle, which includes relationships with other men and heavy drinking. He spies on Milena and eventually tries to control her. At the hospital, an investigator (Keitel) realizes that there may be more to the case than a simple suicide attempt. He investigates and tries to get Linden to confess to possible crimes involved with the case.
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[edit] Critical reaction
The film received mixed reviews. Some found the film brilliant while others, possibly put off by the rape near the end intercut with graphic emergency room footage, found the film tasteless. Its UK distributor, Rank, were appalled by what they saw, one executive calling it "a sick film made by sick people for sick people."[1] In response, they removed the Rank logo from all UK prints of the film.
The film received the Toronto Film Festival's highest honour, the People's Choice Award, in 1980.
[edit] Featured cast
- Art Garfunkel as Alex Linden
- Theresa Russell as Milena Flaherty
- Harvey Keitel as Inspector Netusil
- Denholm Elliott as Stefan Vognic
- Daniel Massey as Foppish Man
[edit] References
- ^ Kendrick, James, Qnetwork, <http://www.qnetwork.com/?page=review&id=1532>.
