A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan

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A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan

Jamaa Fanaka’s first project plays off the Blaxploitation’s genre conventions, an adaption of Goethe’s “Faust” presented with a non-synchronous soundtrack and superimposed over a remake of Super Fly (1972). Often out of focus with an overactive camera, the film immediately exudes nervous energy, but unlike Priest’s elegant cocaine consumption in Super Fly, Willie’s arm gushes blood as he injects heroin. A morality tale in two reels. —Jan-Christopher Horak

Release Date

1972-01-01

Year

1972

Duration

17m

Status

Released

Score

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Genres

#heroin#drug-addiction#overdose#crying-baby

Cast

Jamaa Fanaka

Jamaa Fanaka

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Carmen Gordon

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