Harvey Keitel is assigned by ruthless TV producer Harry Dean Stanton to film the last weeks of a dying woman, played by Romy Schneider as she travels and spends the money she is paid for starring in the show. Somewhat obviously they develop feelings for each other. Unfortunately the storyline requires the B movie element of Harvey Keitel having a camera (and microphone) implanted into his eyes. The film focuses on voyeurism, but while the public may be attracted to violent death, slow death by disease is something we all try to forget about. The dialogue is witty and the locations excellent but the best element of the film is the cast, also featuring Max Von Sydow. It is slightly overlong with the setting up in the first half taking too long. It came out 4 years after Network and 2 decades before My Little Eye and the proliferation of reality TV. The premise must have been a lot more radical at the time. The film has been unjustly forgotten.
4/5
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