Death Watch

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Death Watch is a 1980 science fiction drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier, known for its dystopian story about a terminally ill woman unknowingly filmed for a reality TV show in a near-future society.

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instanceOf drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Death in Full View ⓘ
La Mort en direct ⓘ
basedOn The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe ⓘ
The Unsleeping Eye ⓘ
basedOnWorkAuthor David G. Compton ⓘ
character Katherine Mortenhoe ⓘ
Roddy ⓘ
cinematographer Pierre-William Glenn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts reality television show about a dying person ⓘ
director Bertrand Tavernier ⓘ
distributor Gaumont ⓘ
editor Armand Psenny ⓘ
filmingLocation Glasgow ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
musicComposer Antoine Duhamel ⓘ
narrativeFocus terminally ill woman unknowingly filmed for reality television ⓘ
notableFor early depiction of reality television in cinema ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotDetail A man has cameras implanted in his eyes to secretly film a dying woman for a television show ⓘ
portrays dystopian media-saturated society ⓘ
producer Serge Silberman ⓘ
productionCompany Les Films du Losange ⓘ
TF1 Films Production ⓘ
publicationYear 1980 ⓘ
releaseEvent 1980 Berlin International Film Festival ⓘ
runtime approximately 130 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Bertrand Tavernier ⓘ
David Rayfiel ⓘ
setting near future ⓘ
starredActor Harry Dean Stanton ⓘ
Harvey Keitel ⓘ
Max von Sydow ⓘ
Romy Schneider ⓘ
Thérèse Liotard ⓘ
theme death and dying ⓘ
exploitation by mass media ⓘ
media ethics ⓘ
privacy ⓘ
reality television ⓘ
voyeurism ⓘ

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