Eyes of Laura Mars

Name: Eyes of Laura Mars
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Released: August 2, 1978
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 49
Cast: Bill Boggs, Brad Dourif, Darlanne Fluegel, Faye Dunaway, Frank Adonis

1978

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: August 2, 1978 | R

Starring: Bill Boggs, Brad Dourif, Darlanne Fluegel, Faye Dunaway, Frank Adonis, Lisa Taylor, Raul Julia, René Auberjonois, Rose Gregorio, Tommy Lee Jones

Summary: A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a killer.

Director: Irvin Kershner

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 104 min

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Jay Scott

Slickly-made parapsychological murder mystery featuring a solid performance by Faye Dunaway as a fashion photographer who sees murders in her mind's eye. [06 Sep 1978]

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Eyes of Laura Mars is a very stylish thriller [from a story by John Carpenter] in search of a better ending. Read full review

Pauline Kael

Directed by Irvin Kershner, the film has a few shocking fast cuts, but it also has scabrous elegance and a surprising amount of humor.

Gary Arnold

You find yourself chewing over Laura Mars after the lights come up. Unfortunately, it's the kind of chew that leaves your jaw feeling tired and your mouth tasting sour. [03 Aug 1978, p.B6]

Empire William Thomas

Too glossy to evoke real sexual tension or, more crucially in this genre, fear, Laura Mars suffers from the over complication of something so simple as serial killing. Read full review

David Ansen

Almost perversely, Laura Mars breaks the easiest of movie promises: here is a movie about the Beautiful People that hasn't bothered to make them beautiful. [14 Aug 1979, p.62]

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A shallow, chic confusion of eyes, camera lenses, and saleable images of violence of the sort it now purports to question as an 'issue'. Read full review

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eva3si0n

Jan 22, 2023

Eyes of Laura Mars is a classic thriller of the late 70s. Sufficient balance between monotonous storytelling and suspense. A good acting blow pleases. And at least Caprenter is involved only as a screenwriter. And the script was also significantly reworked difficult to assess in Eyes ofEyes of Laura Mars is a classic thriller of the late 70s. Sufficient balance between monotonous storytelling and suspense. A good acting blow pleases. And at least Caprenter is involved only as a screenwriter. And the script was also significantly reworked difficult to assess in Eyes of Laura Mars the influence of Carpenter is difficult. The film, like a thriller, is wasted with its ending, too it is not logical and fleeting. Not to mention its absurdity. But if you have longing for the late 70s atmosphere and New York at the time, then Eyes of Laura Mars is a seasoned movie. But it's worth considering that for the most part Eyes of Laura Mars is more of a drama with thriller elements… Expand

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Broyax

Jul 26, 2021

C’est une sorte de thriller hitchcockien à nette tendance paranormale : Laura Mars en effet, la photographe renommée voit de temps en temps à travers les yeux d’un tueur en série ! surtout lorsqu’il commet des meurtres…

Nous voilà horrifiés… éboulifiés même, car c’est tout à faitC’est une sorte de thriller hitchcockien à nette tendance paranormale : Laura Mars en effet, la photographe renommée voit de temps en temps à travers les yeux d’un tueur en série ! surtout lorsqu’il commet des meurtres…

Nous voilà horrifiés… éboulifiés même, car c’est tout à fait éboulifiant, surtout dans le milieu de la mode bobobranchouille, vous comprenez et notamment celle de la photo d’art avant-gardiste cucul-la-praline.

Ce faisant ou plutôt ce regardant ce film à deux de tension, on ne peut s’empêcher de meubler le vide avec deux anecdotes ou plutôt deux remarques : primo, c’est un film d’un certain… Irvin Kershner ! oui, celui qui a réalisé le meilleur Star Wars… jamais réalisé (L’Empire Contre-Attaque) ; secondo, on reconnaît un « petit jeune » ici avec les cheveux longs : Tommy Lee Jones !

Et tertio, c’est à peu près tout, car on a arrêté bien avant la fin, bien avant, très loin avant.. car cette vieille daube irrécupérable est chiante comme la pluie !… Expand

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