I t’s been 50 years since John Schlesinger’s film The Day of the Locust, based on the novel by Nathanael West, predicted “the Burning of Los Angeles.” That was the title o ...

Angsty boys were keen on a bit of Sartre or Camus but because I was such a fan of the Golden Age of Hollywood even in my teens, mine was “The Day Of The Locust.” That’s a 1939 novel by Nathanael West.

Life's flotsam and jetsam turn up at late 1930's Hollywoodland's door, once more, in this insightful tale of wannabes and desperadoes. Tod Hackett, artist, has inspirations to become noticed until ...