Nicholas Roeg’s debut must be credited equally to the writer and co-director of the film, Donald Cammell. While Roeg was responsible for the execution of filming the material, the themes, characters and tone of the film are largely attributable to Cammell’s bold rendering of sex, drugs, image and hippie culture. Roeg and Cammell fused violence, ambiguous sexuality, drug use, and the Chelsea set together through the story of a psychotic gangster who, after a botched hit, takes refuge in the house of a reclusive former rock star (Jagger) and his libidinous, hallucinogen-ingesting roommates. The performances were notoriously lacking in fiction.