Performance.

Performance is a British crime drama about two men from opposite worlds whose lives become entangled. Chas Devlin is a London gangster valued by his employers for his skill at intimidation and violence. After a falling-out within his own organisation, he needs somewhere to hide and ends up in the Notting Hill house of Turner, a reclusive rock star living with two women, Pherber and Lucy. The two men initially clash, but Chas is gradually drawn into Turner's enclosed, drug-fuelled household, and the line between the gangster and the performer begins to blur in unsettling ways.

The film was released in 1970 and marked a striking first feature for two directors. For Nicolas Roeg it is the first of the 13 films he directed, followed by Walkabout in 1971; Donald Cammell went on to direct Demon Seed and Wild Side. Cammell wrote the screenplay with Anita Pallenberg. James Fox plays Chas, Mick Jagger plays Turner, and Pallenberg and Michèle Breton appear as Pherber and Lucy, with Ann Sidney and John Bindon also in the cast. Sanford Lieberson produced, and 26 performers and 40 crew members are credited.

Critical and audience responses have differed. A film critics' rating of 8 out of 10, drawn from 36 reviews, sits well above the audience scores of 6.7 out of 10 on IMDb, based on around 12,000 votes, and 6.8 out of 10 on TMDB, from roughly 205 votes, suggesting critics have long regarded it more favourably than general viewers have.