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Bad Timing (1980)
Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins
Synopsis: Perhaps director Nicholas Roeg's most controversial film (quite a feat considering Roeg's other works), BAD TIMING is a tale of drugs, sex, and violence set amongst the beautiful old-world architecture of Vienna. The producers at the Rank Studio called the film "sick" and for many years it... Perhaps director Nicholas Roeg's most controversial film (quite a feat considering Roeg's other works), BAD TIMING is a tale of drugs, sex, and violence set amongst the beautiful old-world architecture of Vienna. The producers at the Rank Studio called the film "sick" and for many years it was made unavailable in any form at all. Utilizing the jumbled chronology he had experimented with in other films, Roeg introduces the viewer to Milena (Theresa Russell), who has tried to kill herself with an overdose of medication. She is accompanied to the hospital by psychologist Alex Lindon (Art Garfunkel), who admits to having a passionate and somewhat sordid love affair with her. Puritanical inspector Netusil (Harvey Keitel) suspects, however, that Lindon is less than forthcoming concerning his relationship with Milena. Roeg draws disturbing parallels between sex, obsession, and violence, all scored to a soundtrack featuring luminaries like Tom Waits, The Who, and Billie Holiday. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel
DVD Info
Release:
Jan 9, 2006
DVD Features:
- Notes: New, restored High-Definition digital transfer supervised and approved by director Nicolas Roeg.
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
- Monoaural - English
Additional Release Material:
- Deleted Scenes
- Production Interview - 1. Nicolas Roeg - Director/Jeremy Thomas - Producer
- 2. Theresa Russell
- Trailer - Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Interview - Reprinted Interview With Art Garfunkel From 1980
- Behind The Scenes Photos
Additional Products:
- Essay By Film Historian Richard Combs
Reviews
Noirish, erotic, chaotic and intense, Bad Timing grows in complexity and emotional power as it progresses, with a wonderful soundtrack and some exceptional cinematography.
Roeg has taken what is a relatively mundane plot, a few uninspiring characters, added some bizarrely sordid plot developments, placed this whole unappetizing concoction in a food processor and let rip.


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