The Savage Eye (1959)

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Synopsis
The Savage Eye opens by introducing the camera lens as a "character" who will follow the leading lady (Barbara Baxley) throughout her day. The woman is a recent divorcee who moves to Los Angeles in hopes of jump-starting her life. As she weaves her way through the LA, we share her observations on the various denizens of the street, from religious fanatics to faddists. Except for a smattering of professionals like Baxley, Gary Merrill and Herschel Bernardi, most of the characters in Savage Eye are the genuine article, though they're all too aware they're being photographed and thus can't be taken as completely "real." A mixed-bag attempt at cinema verite, Savage Eye was cocreated by Joseph Strick, the entrepreneur who later tried to film James Joyce's unfilmable slice-of-life novel Ulysses. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Production Crew

Haskell Wexler	Cinematographer
Helen Levitt	Cinematographer
Helen Levitt	Cinematographer
Jack C. Couffer	Cinematographer
Leonard Rosenman	Composer (Music Score)
Ben Maddow	Director
Joseph Strick	Director
Sidney Meyers	Director
Ben Maddow	Producer
Joseph Strick	Producer
Sidney Meyers	Producer
Ben Maddow	Screenwriter
Joseph Strick	Screenwriter
Sidney Meyers	Screenwriter

Genre
Culture & Society

Awards
1959 - Robert Flaterly Award for Best Feature Length Documentary - British Academy Awards
1959 - Robert Flaterly Award for Best Feature Length Documentary - British Academy Awards
1959 - Robert Flaterly Award for Best Feature Length Documentary - British Academy Awards
1959 - Robert Flaterly Award for Best Feature Length Documentary - British Academy of Film and Television
1959 - Robert Flaterly Award for Best Feature Length Documentary - British Academy of Film and Television
1959 - Robert Flaterly Award for Best Feature Length Documentary - British Academy of Film and Television

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Barbara Baxley	Judith McGuire
Herschel Bernardi	Kirtz
Elizabeth Zemach	The Nurse
Jean Hidey	Venus the Body

The Savage Eye (1959)

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