Dec 31st
The Medusa Touch**
(GB/Fra 1978)
ITC/Bulldog/Citeca. 109m.
A writer discover he can bring about disasters, even from his comatose hospital bed.
Ending this largely bleak year with a suitably fatalistic thriller, preposterous but in the vogue for disasters of the 70s, and a central character who remains a question mark to the end (with a one-note performance by Burton), but with an impressive omnipresent sense of unease, and entertaining set pieces within limited technical means.
Written by: John Briley, from the novel by Peter Van Greenaway.
Producers: Anne V. Coates, Jack Gold.
Director: Jack Gold.
Starring: Richard Burton, Lee Remick, Lino Ventura, Harry Andrews, Gordon Jackson, Michael Byrne, Alan Badel, Derek Jacobi, Michael Hordern, Robert Flemyng, Norman Bird, Jennifer Jayne.
Photography: Arthur Ibbetson.
Music: Michael J. Lewis.
Editing: Anne V. Coates, Ian Crafford.
Special Effects: Brian Johnson.
posted by Joe at 11:34 PM
2 Comments:
A film that I have fond memories of, having seen it several times on television in the 80's. It has an eerie feel which I like, and I love Richard Burton and Lee Remick.
With Lee Remick in the cast, it very much has a sense of unease like 'The Omen'. Burton was also similarly in 'Exorcist II'.
Nice to see a comment from you again, BTW. :)
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