The eyes of Laura Mars

Movie
German title	The eyes of Laura Mars
Original title	Eyes of Laura Mars
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1978
length	104 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Irvin Kershner
script	John Carpenter , David Zelag Goodman
production	Jack H. Harris , Jon Peters , Laura Ziskin
music	Artie Kane
camera	Victor J. Kemper
cut	Michael Kahn
occupation
Faye Dunaway : Laura Mars Tommy Lee Jones : John Neville Brad Dourif : Tommy Ludlow René Auberjonois : Donald Phelps Raúl Juliá : Michael Reisler Frank Adonis : Sal Volpe Darlanne Fluegel : Lulu Rose Gregorio : Elaine Cassel Bill Boggs : Himself Steve Marachuk: Robert Meg Mundy : Doris Spenser Marilyn Meyers: Sheila Weissman

The eyes of Laura Mars (OT: Eyes of Laura Mars ) is an American film by Irvin Kershner from 1978 with Faye Dunaway in the title role.

action

Laura Mars is a well-known and sought-after fashion photographer who specializes in erotic portraits of models in see-through dresses. It is controversial because it lets its models depict fictional violent crimes or as victims of them. This depiction of violence gives her pictures a special charm, but also attracts a serial killer, whose plaything she becomes. One night Laura dreams that her agent will be murdered. The dream becomes bloody reality. More murders occur, with the victims being her models or people who are friends with her. Laura witnesses the murders every time, and she can see through the eyes of the serial killer how he commits his crime. She is obviously connected telepathically to the perpetrator and is tormented by the visions of the bloody deeds. The photographer turns to the police, but initially she is not believed. Detective John Neville is initially suspicious of her, as some of the pictures in Laura's photography book "The Eyes of Mars" are amazingly similar to the police recordings of murders that actually took place. But soon he believes her that she is not involved in the crimes, but only witnessed them. A love relationship develops between the two. Together they try to identify the killer, not least because they fear that Laura could become a victim herself. Among others, Laura's ex-husband, who is back in New York, as well as her chauffeur and assistant, who was already imprisoned, are suspected. In the end, Neville turns out to be the killer himself when he breaks into Laura's apartment and first stabs his reflection in the mirror. Laura shoots him in self-defense and calls the police.

Trivia

• The (fictional) works by Laura Mars are based in part stylistically on photos by Helmut Newton .
• The filming lasted 56 days and cost $ 7 million; grossing in the US alone was $ 20 million.
• One of the key scenes was filmed for four days on Columbus Circle in New York .
• The theme song "Prisoner" (Love Theme from "The Eyes of Laura Mars"), sung by Barbra Streisand , was a huge hit in the US charts. Barbra Streisand was the girlfriend of producer Jon Peters at the time .

Reviews

The lexicon of international films described the film as a "psychological thriller with a few cheap surprise effects, in which only the leading actress is convincing."

Web links

• Eyes of Laura Mars in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The eyes of Laura Mars. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .