EYES OF LAURA MARS — SHOCKTOBER!
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Director Ivan Kershner (graduate of the Roger Corman school of stay-within-the-budget filmmaking), turns John Carpenter's script into a big budget Hollywood serial-killer thriller with style to spare.
Sure, "Eyes of Laura Mars" is a contrived knock-off of Italy's Giallo film genre, but there are so many cinematic gems on display that you can't help but get sucked in.
Photographer Helmut Newton (the father of modern photography) adds a layer of self-mocking, if overtly kinky, sexual surrealism to the narrative.
Laura Mars (Faye Dunaway), is an edgy NYC fashion photographer making her mark. Recently, Laura has been having killer's-eye premonitions of the serial murders of her models.
Raoul Julia gives the murder mystery a kick as Laura's troubled ex-husband Michael.
But it's Tommy Lee Jones who rules the roost opposite one of Hollywood's most glamorous legends. Before Meryl Streep, there was Faye Dunaway.
Unlike most films of the Giallo genre, "Eyes of Laura" is minimalist in its use of gore. The movie also doesn't dare go so far with Dutch angles, and electropop music.
Still a couple of super-cool Disco hits put the film's early '80s NYC locations in their proper timeline.
"Shake, shake, shake, shake your booty."
"Eyes of Laura Mars" is a classic Hollywood movie, and a great guilty pleasure.
This movie could just be your cinematic happy place.
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