You’ll still be in this circus when I’m laughing in my grave

Anita Pallenberg & Donald Cammell
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Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance

A film by Kevin Macdonald and Chris Rodley.
Featuring interviews with Mick Jagger, James Fox, David Cammell, Anita Pallenberg, Kenneth Anger, Donald Cammell, Myriam Gibril, Drew Hammond, China Kong, Frank Mazzola, Stanley Meadows, Barbara Steele, Nicolas Roeg, Cathy Moriarty and Johnny Shannon. 75 minutes. Released in 1998.

The complete film in nine parts:


Part One


Part Two


Part Three


Part Four


Part Five


Part Six


Part Seven


Part Eight


Part Nine

When it was released in America in 1970, Performance was generally trashed by the press. John Simon called it “indescribably sleazy,” and for Richard Schickel it was “the most completely worthless film I have seen since I began reviewing.” Warner Brothers, who produced the picture, were unable to decipher its story, unresponsive toward its metaphysical airs, and horrified by the homoerotic violence and nudity that earned it an ‘X’ rating. They distributed it two years after it was completed — but not without extensive cuts. (Click to continue reading the article.)