The Savage Eye

1959

Drama

2
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 423 423

divorcee religious fundamentalism

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Plot summary

Resentful after an ugly divorce from her unfaithful husband, Judith McGuire moves to Los Angeles. Adrift and detached, she spends her days and nights wandering through her new city, cynically remarking on the hypocrisy, vanity and brutality of the modern world and humanity's alienation from themselves and each other.

Director

Joseph Strick Photo
Joseph Strick

Top cast

Barbara Baxley Photo
Barbara Baxley as Judith McGuire
Gary Merrill Photo
Gary Merrill as The Poet
Herschel Bernardi Photo
Herschel Bernardi as Kirk
Jean Hidey Photo
Jean Hidey as Venus the Body
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612.74 MB
1280*690
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 6 min
Seeds 2
1.11 GB
1920*1036
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 6 min
Seeds 14

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by rollo_tomaso 10 / 10

Amazingly realistic depiction of life after divorce

One of cinematographer Haskell Wexler's earliest efforts that unabashedly reflects the influence of Edward Hopper and depressing street scenes. Barbara Baxley's heartfelt "everywoman" performance is nothing short of amazing. The supporting cast, led by Herschel Bernardi, is also magnificent. THe funny thing about this chronolgue of American hopelessness is that it is much better known in the European Art House circuit than here among the US indy crowd. It definitely should get more exposure; I give it 10 out of 10.
Reviewed by taro-4 10 / 10

The Fifties: Not Quite the Cleavers

Anyone who thinks of the 1950s as a plastic people sort of place must see this marvelous film. Cast as a documentary about a woman the first year after her divorce, it is really a travelogue through the underside the 1950s, the part the Beaver Cleavers didn't want to see. In a deeper sense, it touched on the universal sorrows of a person cast loose from her contact with people (something I understand well as I go through my own divorce). It shows graphically that there is nothing sadder than a human being cast out of her or his group. So it's a tale specific to the late 1950s, but simultaneously universal in its assessment of the human condition.
Reviewed by wilbrifar

fascinating footage, pretentious narrative

This film features wonderful documentary footage of Los Angeles circa 1959, and is a valuable artifact for that reason alone. Unfortunately, the woeful attempt to form the footage into a narrative featuring actress Barbara Baxley as a lonely woman wandering the city and sharing insufferably pretentious voice-over with Gary Merrill (pompously billed as "The Poet") make the film a chore to endure.I enjoy seeing this kind of footage, showing me how a city I love looked in another age, but the grandstanding voice-over is a deal breaker. Except for the disturbing faith-healer sequence, which is the only portion of the film to use sync sound, this is a movie best enjoyed with the volume turned down and some good music playing, maybe a little jazz from the era.
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