The Savage Eye
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The Savage Eye

Director Ben Maddow, Joseph Strick, Sidney Meyers
Year 1960
Country USA
Runtime 1h 8m
Language English
Format 35mm
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Synopsis

A young woman waits out her divorce by making her way through the dark side of sunny, 1950s Los Angeles. Weaving through strip clubs, casinos, and endless rows of shops, a disembodied male voice dominates her consciousness, questioning her every action in stark, poetic prose. A hypnotic urban nightmare, this hybridization of documentary and fiction is a battle of angels, a quintessential piece of Los Angeles independent cinema from directors Ben Maddow, Sidney Meyers, and Joseph Strick. In 35mm.