Bad Timing is a 1980 film directed by Nicolas Roeg, produced by Jeremy Thomas. The title of this movie was also used by musician Jim O'Rourke for his album Bad Timing.
In Vienna, a young American woman in her twenties (Russell) is rushed to the emergency room after apparently overdosing. With her is Alex Linden, an American psychiatrist (Garfunkel) teaching in Vienna. Through a series of fragment flashbacks the film tells the story of their roman...
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Bad Timing is a 1980 film directed by Nicolas Roeg, produced by Jeremy Thomas. The title of this movie was also used by musician Jim O'Rourke for his album Bad Timing.
In Vienna, a young American woman in her twenties (Russell) is rushed to the emergency room after apparently overdosing. With her is Alex Linden, an American psychiatrist (Garfunkel) teaching in Vienna. Through a series of fragment flashbacks the film tells the story of their romance, which ends up becoming a sexual obsession. The woman, Milena, suffers from depression and is still married to a much older man (Elliott) whom she crosses the border to see at times. Linden likes her free spirited ways at first, then grows tired of her lifestyle, which includes relationships with other men and heavy drinking. He spies on Milena and eventually tries to control her. At the hospital, an investigator (Keitel) realises that there may be more to the case than a simple suicide attempt. He investigates and tries to get Linden to...
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