Name: A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan
Director: Jamaa Fanaka
Genre: Fantasy
Released: 1972-01-01
Duration: 17 min
Cast: Carmen Gordon, Boots

A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan (1972)

English 17m

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

A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan (1972) is an English-language Fantasy Movie. It stars Carmen Gordon, Boots. 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

Movie Details

Release Date01 Jan 1972

LanguageEnglish

Runtime17m

StatusReleased

DirectorJamaa Fanaka

GenreFantasy

On Screen