
17 min
A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan
Directed by Jamaa Fanaka
Starring Jamaa Fanaka, Carmen Gordon
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...
Release
Jan 1, 1972
Budget
Unknown
Gross
TBD
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
Jan 1, 1972
Budget
Unknown
Gross
TBD
17 min