For the first time ever, Donald Cammell’s obscure 1987 serial killer thriller White of the Eye is available on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States (the UK arm of Arrow Video brandished its own striking package of the title in early 2014). Director of only four features, including his iconic 1970 debut Performance (co-directed by Nicolas Roeg), Cammell’s quartet of features were all labors of love, the filmmaker undergoing significant set backs on each project up until his death following 1995’s Wild Side.
With seven to ten years in-between each outing, this feature marked the end of a decade long hiatus following 1977’s adaptation of the Dean Koontz novel Demon Seed starring Julie Christie. Adapting from an obscure novel by brothers Laurence and Andrew Klavan (a notable writer of mystery thrillers) writing under the pseudonym Margaret Tracy, Cammell’s wife and actress China Kong co-wrote the screenplay. With his experience...
With seven to ten years in-between each outing, this feature marked the end of a decade long hiatus following 1977’s adaptation of the Dean Koontz novel Demon Seed starring Julie Christie. Adapting from an obscure novel by brothers Laurence and Andrew Klavan (a notable writer of mystery thrillers) writing under the pseudonym Margaret Tracy, Cammell’s wife and actress China Kong co-wrote the screenplay. With his experience...
- 12/1/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
I recently went to a book release party at the NYC Museum of Comics and Art at the behest of a friend who was unable to attend. I knew nothing of the graphic novel that was being showcased, City of Spies (First Second Books). Nor had I heard of the creative team, Susan Kim and Laurence Klavan, the authors, and Pascal Dizin, the artist. Kim and Klavan originally developed the story as a screenplay, intending to mix live action with short segments of comic books art. After becoming convinced that graphic novel would make a worthy medium for delivering their tale, the authors enlisted the artistic talent of Dizin. A newcomer to graphic novel art, Dizin was well-versed in the style of the period, drawing influence from the movies of the 1940s and Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin. Together, the trio successfully rendered a ...
- 7/21/2010
- by Jason Rosas
- BuzzFocus.com
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