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

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

17 mins | Fantasy | Jan. 1, 1972

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

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

17 mins | Fantasy | Jan. 1, 1972

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
Producers UCLA School of Film and Television
Original title A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan
Directors Jamaa Fanaka
Writers Jamaa Fanaka