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Dwarf Minor 
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TITLE |
Day
of the Locust, The (1975) |
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DIRECTOR |
John
Schlesinger
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NOTES |
One of the
best novels about Hollywood, written in late 30s, |
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West died in
a car crash in 1940. The film is pretty good, |
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probably
more so if you haven't read the book. An interesting |
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study of
'little' people who never make the big scene. |
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Billy Barty
plays a dwarf. In the book there is a strict pecking |
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order and I
don't know where he lies. Homer, the main |
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character,
is the lowest (in his eyes) and all he can look down |
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It might be
justified including this under Mental Illness. |
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From novel
by Nathanael West (an American classic, read it). |
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