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 NERFINISHED
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 Berlin International Film Festival
surface form: 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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Thom Mount notableWork Death Watch