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Bad Timing is a 1980 film directed by Nicolas Roeg.

In Vienna, a young American woman in her twenties (Russell) is rushed to the emergency room after apparently overdosing. With her is an Alex Linden, a 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 (Elliot) whom she crosses the border to see at times. Linden at first likes her free spirited ways then grows tired of her lifestyle which includes relationships with other men and heavy drinking. He spies on the woman and eventually tries to control her. At the hospital, an investigator realizes that there may be more to the case than a simple suicide. He investigates and tries to get Linden to confess to possible crimes involved with the case.

Critical reaction

The film received mixed reviews. Some found the film brilliant while others, possibly put off by the rape near the end intercut with graphic emergency room footage, found the film tasteless. The film, since its release as part of the Criterion Collection in 2005, has received almost universally positive reviews.

Trivia

Russell, 22 at the time, went on to marry director Roeg and have two children together.
According to the DVD documentaries included in the Criterion release, the film wasn't released for years on home video because of complications with the soundtrack rights which includes songs from Tom Waits
, Billie Holiday
, and The Who.
The film also featured Pachelbel's Canon.

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