The Day of the Locust (Film), released 1975 — adapted from The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West.
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.
Starring Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton, Geraldine Page.
Directed by John Schlesinger.
