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Actors: Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, Geneviève Bujold, Jason Priestley, Patrick Bergin, k.d. lang
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Eye of the Beholder |
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EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, inspired by the Marc Behm novel, is a film written and directed by the Australian director Stephan Elliott (Priscilla) in 1999.
Stephen Wilson works for the British secret services in Washington D.C. He has become a master in the art of observing and hearing without being noticed. Joanna Eris, a young woman who's just killed the man Stephen was supposed to spy on, becomes obsessed with him. Stephen follows Joanna through the States and starts his own investigation. By listening to her private conversations, Stephen understands that she's become a serial killer after having been abandoned by her father at the age of nine. Still unnoticed by Joanna, Stephen interferes more and more frequently in the young woman's life, acting more like a guardian than like a neutral observer. When Joanna is on the verge of getting married in San Francisco, Stephen will provoke a car accident that'll cause the death of the fiancé.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Eye of the Beholder |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 70%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- spy
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- average (woman)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Alaska
Air?
Yes
Air:
- passenger plane
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- dangerous
- Washington D.C.
- Chicago
- Boston
- San Francisco
Misc setting
- prison
- moving train
- church/synagogue
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 8 (a significant amount)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- book
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