Rating: NR
Genre:
Culture & Society
Release Date: 10/10/2000
Dubbed: English
Sound: 5.1/1
Run Time: 67 Minutes
Flags: Not For Children
Distributor/Studio: Image Entertainment
The Savage Eye opens by introducing the camera lens as a "character" who will follow the leading lady (
Barbara Baxley) throughout her day. The woman is a recent divorcee who moves to Los Angeles in hopes of jump-starting her life. As she weaves her way through the LA, we share her observations on the various denizens of the street, from religious fanatics to faddists. Except for a smattering of professionals like
Baxley,
Gary Merrill and
Herschel Bernardi, most of the characters in
Savage Eye are the genuine article, though they're all too aware they're being photographed and thus can't be taken as completely "real." A mixed-bag attempt at
cinema verite,
Savage Eye was cocreated by
Joseph Strick, the entrepreneur who later tried to film
James Joyce's unfilmable
slice-of-life novel
Ulysses.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide