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This multiple award-winning drama takes the new form of a story told using documentary material as an intrinsic part of the narrative.In this journey through the dark side of 1950s urban life, the camera follows Judith - a newly divorced woman for a fresh start - through the streets of Los Angeles as she encounters the strange denizens of the city, ranging from trendsetters to religious fanatics.All the tawdry and desperate faces of this world become a mirror for Judith's personal failures and struggles to claim her new life.
Filmed over the course of several years, The Savage Eye was the product of a unique teaming of three exemplary filmmakers: Ben Maddow (The Asphalt Jungle), Sidney Meyers (The Quiet Eye), and Academy Award winner Joseph Strick (Ulysses).Their collaboration dazzled critics and was honored with several international film festival awards, as well as the British Film Academy's prestigious Robert Flaherty Award for Best Documentary.The compelling camera work is the compiled efforts of cinematographers Jack Couffer (Jonathan Livingston Seagull), Helen Levitt (T | | |
