Wild Side (Donald Cammell's cut)
TARTAN FILMS: A TRIBUTE
United Kingdom, 2000.
111 mins. English
Intro by Hamish McAlpine
Bruno Buckingham (Walken) is an international money launderer who has need of the talents of Long Beach bank executive Alex Lee (Heche). But Alex offers more than the usual counter services - she also moonlights as a $1,500-a-night call girl. Little does Bruno realise, however, that she?s also caught the eye of his beautiful wife Virginia (Chen). Bruno's chauffeur, meanwhile, is setting out to blackmail Alex - and isn't at all what he seems to be. This noirish, erotic thriller was the fourth and final film by Scottish director Donald Cammell (his debut was PERFORMANCE ? which he wrote and co-directed with Nic Roeg); tragically, he committed suicide when arguments with WILD SIDE?s producers led to the film being substantially recut against his wishes. This restored version was released by Tartan in 2000 to critical acclaim.
Bruno Buckingham (Walken) is an international money launderer who has need of the talents of Long Beach bank executive Alex Lee (Heche). But Alex offers more than the usual counter services - she also moonlights as a $1,500-a-night call girl. Little does Bruno realise, however, that she?s also caught the eye of his beautiful wife Virginia (Chen). Bruno's chauffeur, meanwhile, is setting out to blackmail Alex - and isn't at all what he seems to be. This noirish, erotic thriller was the fourth and final film by Scottish director Donald Cammell (his debut was PERFORMANCE ? which he wrote and co-directed with Nic Roeg); tragically, he committed suicide when arguments with WILD SIDE?s producers led to the film being substantially recut against his wishes. This restored version was released by Tartan in 2000 to critical acclaim.
Screenings
Arts Picturehouse
Wednesday 21 September, 11:00PM
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