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“Performance“ is a British film made in 1968 but not released until 1970. It is directed by Donald Cammell and Nicholas Roeg. Chas (James Fox) is a “performer,“ a violent enforcer for an East London gang led by Harry Flowers (Johnny Shannon). Chas’ insubordination leads Flowers to send some hitmen to punish Chas for his impudence. After they torture Chas, he murders one of them. As a result, Chas goes on the run, both from the police and from his former colleagues. Chas dyes his hair red and finds himself “a perfect little hidey hole“ in the basement apartment of a house owned by Turner (Mick Jagger), a reclusive, eccentric, former rock star who has “lost his demon“ and who lives there with his female friends Pherber (Anita Pallenberg) and Lucy (Michele Breton). At first, Chas is contemptuous of Turner, but they start influencing each other.
