Death Watch (1980)
- Original title
- La Mort en direct
- Directed by
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Genre
- drama film, science fiction film, dystopian film
- Country
- Germany, France
- Runtime
- 2h 08m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 115 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In a near-future society, a woman is diagnosed with a terminal illness and becomes the subject of a reality show that broadcasts her final days. A man with a camera implanted in his eye secretly films her for the show, but his assignment blurs into an obsession.
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What happens
Death Watch (French: La Mort en direct, lit. 'Death Live') is a 1980 science fiction film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It is based on the 1973 novel The Unsleeping Eye by D. G. Compton. The film was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. The film had 1,013,842 admissions in France and was the 35th most attended film of the year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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