White of the Eye
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White of the Eye | |
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Directed by | Donald Cammell |
Screenplay by |
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Based on | Mrs. White by Andrew Klavan |
Produced by |
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Cinematography | Larry McConkey |
Edited by | Terry Rawlings |
Music by | |
Production company | Mrs. White's Productions |
Distributed by | Cannon Films |
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Running time | 111 minutes[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $2.8 million[2] |
White of the Eye is a 1987 British
Plot
A series of murders of rich young women throughout the area of Globe, Arizona, bear the distinctive signature of a
Paul, installing equipment at Dr. Sutter's home, proximal to the most-recent murder, is approached by Mendoza—they have a cordial conversation about sound equipment, but it turns abruptly when Mendoza asks Paul if he still hunts. Mendoza questions Paul about whether he knew the victim, and then asks him about the tires on his van—a tread pattern that has been located at the scene of the murder. At the police station, Mendoza's partner Phil has uncovered Paul's criminal record—they speculate on what kind of person he might be based on that information. Mendoza, working from photos of the crime scene, begins to identify some aspects of the killer's modus operandi.
Various flashbacks show Joan's previous relationship to Mike, traveling across the country from New York City in Mike's van, heading for Malibu. The couple met Paul, whom Mike befriended. At Mike's suggestion, the two men go on a deer hunting trip together. Paul shoots a deer and then brutally mutilates it, winding up with blood all over his face, revealing a frightening and incongruous aspect to his personality. Mike later catches Joan and Paul having sex. He puts a gun to the back of Paul's head but relents and leaves.
In the present-day, Joan, on her way to Stope's Creek, stops in a gas station asking for directions. As she walks around the building to the restroom, she hears a voice singing a familiar song—Mike. As they sit and catch up, Mike mentions that he's been in prison and that he received a serious head injury which seems to have given him the ability to see the past and the future. He emphatically asks Joan to promise not to tell Paul that she has seen him.
Joan suspects that Paul is having an affair with Ann Mason, a local married socialite, when she finds his truck parked behind her house. She stabs his tires flat, which winds up providing him with an alibi for the most-recent murder. Distraught, Joan runs to her home bathroom to vomit and notices some twine poking out from underneath the raised bathtub. She pries the inlaid soap-dish loose and looks underneath, and sees something strange: plastic bags with body parts inside. Joan confronts Paul, who explains he has been "chosen" to put women "out of their misery," but he loves Joan.
Joan's continuing distrust of Paul agitates him into a fury. He locks her up in the attic, then dons an
Cast
- David Keithas Paul White
- Cathy Moriarty as Joan White
- Alan Rosenberg as Mike DeSantos
- Art Evans as Detective Charles Mendoza
- Michael Greene as Phil Ross
- Danielle Smith as Danielle White
- Alberta Watson as Ann Mason
- William G. Schilling as Harold Gideon
- David Chow as Fred Hoy
- Marc Hayashi as Stu
- Mimi Lieber as Liza Manchester
- Pamela Seamon as Caryanne
- Bob Zache as Lucas Herman
- Danko Gurovich as Arnold White
- China Cammell as Ruby Hoy
- Richard Lester (uncredited) as Tucson detective
Soundtrack
White of the Eye | ||||
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Studio album by Nick Mason and Rick Fenn | ||||
Released | August 31, 2018 | |||
Recorded | 1986 | |||
Genre | Instrumental rock Progressive rock | |||
Length | 43:10 | |||
Label | Parlophone | |||
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Nick Mason and Rick Fenn chronology | ||||
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The soundtrack album for White of the Eye features 10cc's Rick Fenn and Pink Floyd's Nick Mason. This album was remastered and released digitally and as a part of the Unattended Luggage CD/vinyl box set on August 31, 2018.[4]
- "Goldwaters"
- "Remember Mike"
- "Where Are You Joany?"
- "Dry Junk"
- "Present"
- "The Thrift Store"
- "Ritual"
- "Globe"
- "Discovery and Recoil"
- "Anne Mason"
- "Mendoza"
- "World of Appearances"
- "Sacrifice Dance"
- "White of the Eye"
Reception
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On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 50% based on 8 reviews. In The Spectator the author and critic Hilary Mantel described it as "A violent and ambitious thriller." [5]
References
- ^ "White of the Eye (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 28 April 1987. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ Thompson, Anne (16 June 1988). "At the movies' calls for a revolving door: Hollywood report". Chicago Tribune. p. E15C.
- TheGuardian.com. 30 March 2014.
- ^ Blistein, Jon (12 June 2018). "Pink Floyd's Nick Mason Preps Solo Albums Box Set". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "White of the Eye (1987) - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes.com. Flixer. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
External links
- White of the Eye at IMDb
- White of the Eye at Rotten Tomatoes