 DVD cover of Bad Timing featuring Theresa Russell Bad Timing is a 1980 film directed by Nicolas Roeg. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Bad_timing1. ...
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Nicolas Jack Roeg, born on August 15, 1928 in London, is an internationally-known cinematographer and film director. ...
In Vienna, a young American woman in her twenties (Russell) is rushed to the emergency room after apparently overdosing. With her is an Alex Linden, a 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 (Elliot) whom she crosses the border to see at times. Linden at first likes her free spirited ways then grows tired of her lifestyle which includes relationships with other men and heavy drinking. He spies on the woman and eventually tries to control her. At the hospital, an investigator realizes that there may be more to the case than a simple suicide. He investigates and tries to get Linden to confess to possible crimes involved with the case. In literature and film, a flashback takes the narrative back in time from the point the story has reached, to recount events that happened before and give the back-story. ...
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. The film, since its release as part of the Criterion Collection in 2005, has received almost universally positive reviews. The Criterion Collection is a joint venture between Janus Films and The Voyager Company that was begun in the mid 1980s for the purpose of releasing authoritative consumer versions of classic and important contemporary films on the laserdisc and DVD formats. ...
Trivia - Russell, 22 at the time, went on to marry director Roeg and have two children together.
- According to the DVD documentaries included in the Criterion release, the film wasn't released for years on home video because of complications with the soundtrack rights which includes songs from Tom Waits, Billie Holiday, and The Who.
Jump to: navigation, search Tom Waits Tom Waits (born Thomas Alan Waits on December 7, 1949 in Pomona, California) is an American singer-songwriter, composer and actor. ...
Billie Holiday photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 For the Canadian broadcaster known professionally as Billie Holiday, see Billie Holiday (broadcaster). ...
The Who is a British rock band. ...
Cast Arthur Ira Art Garfunkel is an American singer, best known as half of the folk duo Simon and Garfunkel. ...
Theresa Russell She was born Theresa Paup, 20 March 1957 San Diego, California, USA. Married Nicolas Roeg (1982 - Present) 2 children Movie Credits Empire Falls (2005) (mini) TV Series Blind Injustice (2005) (TV) Live to Ride (2005) The Box (2003/I) Save It for Later (2003) Love Comes Softly (2003...
Harvey Keitel in Clockers Harvey Keitel (born May 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor. ...
Denholm Elliott in The Signalman Denholm Mitchell Elliott (May 31, 1922 – October 6, 1992) was a distinguished British actor, well known for his appearances on stage, film and television. ...
Daniel Raymond Massey (October 10, 1933 - March 25, 1998) was a British-Canadian actor; he was educated at Eton College and Kings College, Cambridge. ...
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