A young, once-great Hollywood film director refuses to accept changing times during the early 1930s, and confines himself to his decaying mansion to make silent porn flicks.
Acting
Dreyfuss's twitchy, trapped-animal performance before JAWS fame.
Production
Single-location decay so thick you can smell the rot.
Direction
Byrum's uncompromising commitment to making you squirm.
Director
John Byrum
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in an actual abandoned mansion in London; the production couldn't afford to heat it, so you can see the actors' breath in every scene.
This was Dreyfuss's immediate follow-up to Jaws—he used his newfound clout to make the most uncommercial film possible, essentially career sabotage as performance art.
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