I have not read it; but will take a further look.
Vidal is one of my all time favorite writers.
the thing is, with him I never could stay with ANY of his fiction.
Maybe it's me; I will try again. but when someone writes fiction that
engages me, I'm usually sort of aware, generally speaking.
i've my faves of course; i'm not sure why but it's interesting and I want
to try again.
the thing is; his Non Fiction and Essays had me Completely.
I ate them like food. Even when he went meandering into one
of what i term his 'trips' you know...it's a personal observation but
others have made it...but he fascinates me with those Essays,
his very solid grasp on contemporary American History as well
as Colonial times...so i'll try his historial novels maybe ONE MORE TIME...
...but i do actually adore his non fiction and cultural critical and
general analysis tho not all of it of course.
whoa. i never knew of this connection with Mick...
interesting.

Mick with Gore Vidal

------>>>>>>>> [iorr.org]



ROCKMAN

Interview with author Jay Glennie:

‘Performance’: Inside the Rock ‘n’ Roll Movie Too Shocking for the ’60s

Distributor Warner Bros. was taken aback by the film’s bloodshed and nudity, and shelved it for 18 months before unceremoniously dumping it in cinemas

by Christian Blauvelt


Anita Pallenberg and Mick Jagger, photographed by Michael Cooper

[www.indiewire.com]

“Normally, a film wraps, and a couple months afterward they’re
all contracted to do the press tour,” Glennie said. “But there
was no press tour, with Warner Bros. holding the film back. So
these guys had all gone their separate ways, and Mick never really
had a chance to talk about it. Making ‘Performance,’ which he now
regards as his favorite film he’s ever done, was something he
really enjoyed doing, and by working with me on this book he wanted
to show that 50 years later he’s still appreciative of it.”



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Here ya go 35 … just remembered Kalki..

It was rumoured some years back that Mick had
bought the film rights to Vidal's novel and had
approached Hal Ashbury to turn it into a film but
so far nothing has eventuated ..,.. interesting
read if it's your thing

There's an interview with Vidal in which he said Mick had bought the rights and alleged Ashby's drug intake sank the project. I'll see if I can find it.

Hey yeah cool Glam … I read about
it at the time but don't know where
all those articles etc are now days …..good luck hope you find...



ROCKMAN

I haven't found the interview yet but I did find this intriguing tidbit from an article in the "New York Times", 1981:

Introvision, which was created in a garage eight years ago, is on the verge of hitting the big time. ''Megaforce,'' Albert Ruddy's $18 million adventure movie being filmed in Nevada, will use Introvision to create the huge underground headquarters of its elite 60-man private army. The climactic scene, in which the end of the world is announced in the movie of Gore Vidal's ''Kalki,'' directed by Hal Ashby and starring Mick Jagger, will be shot during a rock concert in the real Madison Square Garden, but the massive pyramid that forms the heart of the scene will be an Introvision model that is photographed.

Mick, "People" magazine, 1981 with a diss of THE LAST WALTZ:

What about your movie career?

I just spent three months in Peru making Fitzcaraldo with Werner Herzog. Now I’m financing a concert film from the tour. It’s being directed by Hal Ashby. If The Last Waltz grossed $5 million, and it wasn’t a very good movie, we could gross at least that. I am supposed to be working with Hal again next year on the movie version of Gore Vidal’s Kalki. There’s a very important girl role for somebody like Goldie Hawn, but she’s too expensive.

Full interview here (includes football outfit content):

[people.com]

Good dig-ups Glam ….

I liked Kalki … its a slow burner but the end is really good



ROCKMAN

Very interesting stuff. thanks glam for digging up that piece! whoa. just excellent ty.
gonna get that book.
i still think Performance a really worthwhile original movie.
spooky as hell. very dark stuff. very british . a different take
on all that fab london reputation. gritty stuff.
jags does brilliantly. he's always casual and off-handed about his gifts,
which is both charming and polite, but i think this a spectacular indie movie;
one of the most indelible in my life anyway. but it had MEMO; and the impact
of that the first time in a movie theater when you had zip zero nada idea
wat the frick was up with this psychdelic dark gritty gangster movie.
man it felt black and white noir; have no idea of the director
of photography or cammel was going for it; but it's sort of aching pastels
or sumthin'....an important movie to me; and maybe generally in the
independent film world.