The Day of the Locust
Thursday, 22 March 2007 @ 22:54
by Nathanael West (1939)
Set in Hollywood in the era of the Great Depression, The Day of the Locust is a short but painful satire of the visions of American disillusioned dreams and fantasy factory. Todd Hackett, a talented set-designer, drifts through a city deliberately reduced to its most base depiction of failed dreams and false glitters, peopled with characters plucked out straight from tabloids and noir-ish B-grade movies
