The Sky Is Falling (Bloodbath)
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The Sky Is Falling, also known as Bloodbath and Las Flores Del Vicio, is a 1979 film directed by Silvio Narizzano
and written by Gonzalo Suarez
. It starred Dennis Hopper
, Carroll Baker
, and Win Wells and can be characterized as an example of the frenetic roles played by Hopper in the 1970s.
Shot on location in Spain
, the film is about a drug addicted poet named Chicken played by Hopper who lives in a small village with other expatriates. These include a washed up actress played by Carrol Baker, a retired British Air Corps captain with his alcoholic wife, and a jaded stereotypical homosexual man played by Win Wells. Chicken struggles with his addiction while having vivid hallucinations about his religious mother. The actress is always waiting for a call from Hollywood in order to stage a comeback. The expatriates, bored by their life in the village, encounter a group of young hippies who they feel a bond toward but throughout the film each of the expatriates end up dead in various ways. These deaths are juxtoposed with the life of the villagers in bizarre and surreal ways that develops a sense of menace in the film. It is implied that the deaths are caused by the band of hippies evoking a religious cult or the Manson family.
This movie was filmed in Mojacar, Almeria, Spain in 1979, a small seaside village of local Spaniards, British and American ex-patriots, some of whom were featured in this movie. One of the extras, a young boy who was trampled at the end of the movie, looking towards the sky, was an American living in Spain whose parents ran a local saloon (El Saloon) and had befriended the director and many of the cast members.
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Silvio Narizzano
Silvio Narizzano was a Canadian film director, educated at Bishop's University, Quebec.His best received film was Georgy Girl , which was entered into the 16th Berlin International Film Festival...
and written by Gonzalo Suarez
Gonzalo Suárez
Gonzalo Suárez Morilla is a Spanish writer, screenwriter and film director.-Career:In 1963 he published his first novel De cuerpo presente....
. It starred Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper was an American actor, filmmaker and artist. As a young man, Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors' Studio. He made his first television appearance in 1954 and appeared in two films featuring James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant...
, Carroll Baker
Carroll Baker
Carroll Baker is a former American actress who has enjoyed popularity as both a serious dramatic actress and, particularly in the 1960s, as a movie sex symbol...
, and Win Wells and can be characterized as an example of the frenetic roles played by Hopper in the 1970s.
Shot on location in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, the film is about a drug addicted poet named Chicken played by Hopper who lives in a small village with other expatriates. These include a washed up actress played by Carrol Baker, a retired British Air Corps captain with his alcoholic wife, and a jaded stereotypical homosexual man played by Win Wells. Chicken struggles with his addiction while having vivid hallucinations about his religious mother. The actress is always waiting for a call from Hollywood in order to stage a comeback. The expatriates, bored by their life in the village, encounter a group of young hippies who they feel a bond toward but throughout the film each of the expatriates end up dead in various ways. These deaths are juxtoposed with the life of the villagers in bizarre and surreal ways that develops a sense of menace in the film. It is implied that the deaths are caused by the band of hippies evoking a religious cult or the Manson family.
This movie was filmed in Mojacar, Almeria, Spain in 1979, a small seaside village of local Spaniards, British and American ex-patriots, some of whom were featured in this movie. One of the extras, a young boy who was trampled at the end of the movie, looking towards the sky, was an American living in Spain whose parents ran a local saloon (El Saloon) and had befriended the director and many of the cast members.
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