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Actors: Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif, Rene Auberjonois, Raul Julia
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Eyes of Laura Mars |
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EYES OF LAURA MARS is a movie directed by Irvin Kershner in 1978. Screenplay by John Carpenter.
Laura Mars is a famous photographer known for her bold clichés mixing sex and violence. One night, she experiences a kind of flash and sees the violent murder of one of her friends through the eyes of the killer. While, on the next days, three of her closest friends are also murdered, police inspector Neville starts to take Laura Mars seriously when she says that she has actually seen all the murders. But who's this murderer who kills his victims by bursting their eyes ?
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Eyes of Laura Mars |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Very difficult--no foreshadowing/clues
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 70%
Murders of set profession?
- artists
Special suspect?
- chronically deranged person
Kind of mystery?
- police procedural
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- artist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- clairvoyant
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- long, wavey (woman)
Body type
- average (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) long, like a girl
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Setting
Forest?
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
Kind of violence:
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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