Title from web page. Based on the novel by Nathanael West. Originally released as a motion picture in 1975. Wide screen. Special features: New oral history audio commentary conducted by Lee Gambin; Welcome to West Hollywood, appreciation of the film by critic Glenn Kenny; Days of the golden age, costume historian and film historian Elissa Rose discusses the film's costumes; Jeepers creepers, where'd you get those peepers, new visual essay on the film and it's themes; Image galleries, including exclusive behind-the-scenes photographs. Karen Black, Donald Sutherland, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton.
Summary:
Painter Tod Hackett, working in the art department of a movie studio during the 1930s 'golden age' of Hollywood, falls in unrequited love with aspiring starlet Faye Greener. He competes for her affections against other men: a pair of cowboys and a forlorn accountant. As Faye's career fails to take her beyond roles as an extra, her life becomes increasingly desperate and her relationships with men take a darker turn, reaching fever pitch at a red-carpet movie premiere that explodes into barbaric chaos.
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