White of the Eye (1987)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Donald Cammell

Writers:

China Kong (written by) and
Donald Cammell (written by) ...

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

In a wealthy and isolated desert community, a sound expert is targeted as the prime suspect of a series...

Plot Keywords:

Serial Killer | Neo Noir | Dismemberment | Based On Novel | Independent Film

Cast

David Keith	...	Paul White
Cathy Moriarty	...	Joan White
Alan Rosenberg	...	Mike Desantos
Art Evans	...	Detective Charles Mendoza
Michael Greene	...	Phil Ross
Danielle Smith	...	Danielle White
Alberta Watson	...	Ann Mason
William G. Schilling	...	Harold Gideon
David Chow	...	Fred Hoy
Marc Hayashi	...	Stu
Mimi Lieber	...	Liza Manchester
Pamela Guest	...	Caryanne (as Pamela Seamon)
Bob Zache	...	Lucas Herman
Danko Gurovich	...	Arnold White
China Kong	...	Ruby Hoy (as China Cammell)

Runtime:

Spain:110 min | USA:110 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:16 | USA:R | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Globe, Arizona, USA

Company:

Mrs. White's Productions

Trivia:

The Danish title of the film is "Det Rode I Ojnene", which translates to "It Fills The Eyes".

Goofs:

Continuity: The Detective says to Paul that they know of four people who have bought tires with tracks matching those at a murder scene and Paul is one of them. Paul then asks "What about those other four?" when he should say "What about those other three?"

Quotes:

Joan White: Ten years gone with the wind. Heads I hit Malibu Beach before Christmas.
Detective Charles Mendoza: What's ten years when you're in love?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance (1998)

Soundtrack:

You Sexy Thing

Impossible to analyse, so don't. Just enjoy the movie.

There's a lot going on in this movie, I just look forward to the day I can finally decode it, which doesn't sound like a good sign. There seems to be something vaguly supernatural at the core of it and something about love. On the subconcious level it seems to make sense, I just can't get anywhere when I try to analyse it consiously. For those put off by the accusations of style over substance, have faith, this is an fascinating movie. There's one moment that is absolutly hair-rasing, the moment when we finally realize that Keiths mind is living in a diffirent world. The only thing that lets the film down is the ending, which looks like a Hollywood style tag-on but probably isn't. Once the car chase starts it's time to leave.