Set to the soundtrack of The Beatles in London’s swinging Sixties, Anthony Quinn’s Eureka is chock-a-block with sex, drugs and rock n roll.
There’s also gangsters, arson, unrequited love and the decriminalisation of homosexuality.
Gregarious screenwriter Nat Fane is where he loves to be – at the centre of attention. Through him we meet aspiring actress Billie Cantrip, journalist Freya Wyley, German wunderkind film director Reiner Werther Kloss and gangster kingpin Harry Pulver, as well as a host of other film types.
The story follows the filming of Nat’s latest screenplay, a Henry James adaptation fuelled by acid trips and written almost scene by scene as they’re filming it.
The drama of Nat’s script parallels the drama of his own life, so closely that characters and stories seem to merge into one.
Nat’s flamboyant fashion and passion for kinky bedroom games balance out the more mundane details of Quinn’s historical fiction, which is completely immersive and compelling.
