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Slick '70's Shocker Still Thrills
I was a bit surprised to read such good reviews of what is at best an enjoyable, albeit nonsensical thriller. Faye Dunaway overacts shamelessly in the title role, giving more than a hint of the crazed performance she would deliver only two years later in Mommie Dearest: She's all top-volume ululations and pop-eyed grimaces (decibel levels become unbearable when she runs through the streets screaming "Donald! Donald!" late in the film). Tommy Lee Jones is hulking and bearish as the cop who falls in love with Laura, and Rene Auberjonois is especially chic as Laura's best friend (brutally dispatched in one of the pic's most gratuitous sequences). The entire plot basically makes no sense at all (who knows why she sees the murders or how the killer gets into her mind, and why doesn't she warn the future victims?), and the film's alleged critique of "S&M Chic" is pop-psychology laughable. However, the movie as a whole is great if you want a little late 1970's nostalgia - the sleek, glitzy, Studio 54-milieu of New York's fashionistas is beautifully depicted without even a hint of irony: Dunaway and Auberjonois' clothes are stunning (not every article of 70's clothing was all polyester!) and the bizarre Streisand-disco sountrack is deliciousy sleazy. All-in-all, this film is an enjoyable, if trashy, glitterfest for those who wish they could have lived the high life of the 1970's. Enjoy this as a time capsule and forget about the plot!

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Fabulous movie, but why the edits for VHS?
This is one of my all-time favorite movies, featuring Tommy Lee Jones (one of the sexiest men of all time). And, he had long hair! A very compelling love scene with Faye Dunaway, but if you look closely, you can see her trying not to laugh.

The strangest thing about this video, however, is that all references to Rene's character Donald being gay have been edited out. What in the world for?

This movie is gripping and visually beautiful. It's a little bizarre, but then I wish more movies were. An enjoyable look at the 70's, especially for those of us who miss them. I will be re-buying this movie when it comes out on DVD, and hope they did a better job of editing, and that the georgeous colors are better. The VHS is a little washed out.

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Eyes of Laura Mars with All Those Great Stars!!!
I can remember when "Eyes of Laura Mars" came out back in 1978. The movie trailer shows that fantastic scene when Tommy Lee Jones comes right through that huge glass window. They would show this over and over on TV back then, when advertising this movie. For some reason, I knew who Tommy Lee Jones was back then. And I didn't watch the soap opera he was on either. Goes to show you what STAR POWER he had then. So cute with that great bowlish haircut!!!
Twenty Five years later, this movie still holds up!! I hadn't seen it in so long, we used to have a black & white television, this is how long i have seen it.
But i purchased the DVD last night, and watched it about 3 times. Seeing it in color is a real treat, and there are actors that i now recognize that i didn't back then.
Raul Julia as the Ex husband Michael Reisler has the line of the decade when he says to Faye Dunaway "I was your husband, I was never your friend!"......
Brad Dourif as Tommy Ludlow is wonderful as the loyal but suspicious looking chauffeuer/go-for. As Irvin Kershner states in his commentary "look at this guy, he's in the inner circle, and he's sloppily dressed, and his hair's a mess..."
I love Rene Auberjonois in this film. At this time, during the mid-late 1970's you could find Rene in just about every TV show, made for TV movie and film. This guy must never have been home!!!
Lisa Taylor at the time was about one of the most beautiful models in the early to later 1970's. I remember Darlanne Fleugel well (she was also in Crime Story in the late 1980s)but had never really connected her face with her name until now. Also you will see a young John Sahag, he plays a hairdresser in the movie. In real life he is one of the top hair stylists today, and is still cute with that shaggy hair and tight shirts!! He really hasn't changed!!!! It's these types of things that i like about the movie. The fashion, the music, the accessories, and even the wonderful STEIFF bear that is in the police precinct. He is sitting on the large table where Tommy Lee Jones conducts his investigations. You can see Lisa Taylor hugging the bear in another scene, and she doesn't want to let go.
Neither would I, for that matter!!!
But the film is great, and is a must see for those who enjoyed the films of the 1970's. Also invaluable is a nice "Eyes on Laura" photo gallery, where a person by the name of Laurent, gives us an inside to the script's changes while they show some great photos. Then the Director's Commentary is wonderful~~~Irvin Kershner talks to you, not AT YOU, just as if you were sitting with him in a living room, relaxing, and he gives you a play by play on the whole movie!!! He seems to be a person you can relate to, and his generous information will really brighten your day!