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Eyes of Laura Mars
Technically, it would probably be considered a psychological thriller, but there's just too much dumb stuff that happens in 1978's Eyes of Laura Mars to take what's going on here seriously.
Fresh off her Oscar-winning performance in Network, Faye Dunaway inhabits the tile character, a world famous fashion photographer who is reputed for unsubtle images of sex and violence in her work, who one day during a photo shoot, sees a murder being committed through the lens of her camera , a murder that actually happens minutes later. This is only Laura's first vision and after people she actually knows start dropping, it is assumed that Laura is next.
John Carpenter (not the Halloween director), leading man Tommy Lee Jones, and David Zelag Goodman, the author of Straw Dogs collaborated on this convoluted screenplay that actually starts off quite promisingly. The idea of a woman seeing murder through her camera lens was a good one, but she only sees the first one that way. The rest of story just finds murders randomly flashing in front of her We are also provided red herrings like a psycho ex-husband and allegedly coincidental work of Laura's that just happens to resemble actual crime photos. Laura also makes some pretty stupid moves throughout this story. After the first murder she sees through her camera lens, Laura drops everything and runs to the scene of the crime and tells them she saw it happen. There’s no logical reason she would do that and why would we see everyone involved in the fashion shoot, at the police station in the next scene preparing to be questioned. Also wasn't surprised that Jones' character, seemed to lose focus of the case after sleeping with Laura.
Believe it or not, even before the first murder occurs, a suspect came immediately in focus for this reviewer but I was wrong. Sadly, the journey to the 11:00 twist is way too long. Faye Dunaway is too strong strong a presence for the damsel in distress route, but Tommy Lee Jones is terrific as officer John...I had forgotten that back in the day, Tommy Lee Jones was undeniably sexy. Rene Auberjunois and Brad Dourif score in supporting roles and that is producer Jon Peters' then girlfriend, Barbra Streisand, singing the love theme "Prisoner."
Technically, it would probably be considered a psychological thriller, but there's just too much dumb stuff that happens in 1978's Eyes of Laura Mars to take what's going on here seriously.
Fresh off her Oscar-winning performance in Network, Faye Dunaway inhabits the tile character, a world famous fashion photographer who is reputed for unsubtle images of sex and violence in her work, who one day during a photo shoot, sees a murder being committed through the lens of her camera , a murder that actually happens minutes later. This is only Laura's first vision and after people she actually knows start dropping, it is assumed that Laura is next.
John Carpenter (not the Halloween director), leading man Tommy Lee Jones, and David Zelag Goodman, the author of Straw Dogs collaborated on this convoluted screenplay that actually starts off quite promisingly. The idea of a woman seeing murder through her camera lens was a good one, but she only sees the first one that way. The rest of story just finds murders randomly flashing in front of her We are also provided red herrings like a psycho ex-husband and allegedly coincidental work of Laura's that just happens to resemble actual crime photos. Laura also makes some pretty stupid moves throughout this story. After the first murder she sees through her camera lens, Laura drops everything and runs to the scene of the crime and tells them she saw it happen. There’s no logical reason she would do that and why would we see everyone involved in the fashion shoot, at the police station in the next scene preparing to be questioned. Also wasn't surprised that Jones' character, seemed to lose focus of the case after sleeping with Laura.
Believe it or not, even before the first murder occurs, a suspect came immediately in focus for this reviewer but I was wrong. Sadly, the journey to the 11:00 twist is way too long. Faye Dunaway is too strong strong a presence for the damsel in distress route, but Tommy Lee Jones is terrific as officer John...I had forgotten that back in the day, Tommy Lee Jones was undeniably sexy. Rene Auberjunois and Brad Dourif score in supporting roles and that is producer Jon Peters' then girlfriend, Barbra Streisand, singing the love theme "Prisoner."