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Atingerea meduzei
The Medusa Touch
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Afișul original al filmului din 1978
Regizor Jack Gold
Scenarist John Briley
pe baza romanului
Atingerea meduzei de
Peter Van Greenaway
Producător Anne V. Coates
Jack Gold
Arnon Milchan (executiv)
Distribuitor ITC Entertainment (Marea Britanie, cinema),
Carlton Video (Marea Britanie, DVD),
Warner Bros. Pictures
Director de imagine Arthur Ibbetson
Montaj Anne V. Coates
Ian Crafford
Muzică Michael J. Lewis
Distribuție Richard Burton,
Lino Ventura,
Lee Remick,
Harry Andrews
Premiera 1978
Durata 105 min
Țara Marea Britanie
Limba originală engleză
Disponibil în română subtitrat
Pagina Cinemagia
Pagina IMDb

The Medusa Touch (1978) este un film britanic creat în genurile horror supernatural, thriller și regizat de Jack Gold. În film interpretează Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick, Harry Andrews și Jeremy Brett. Scenariul este realizat de John Briley pe baza romanului din 1973 The Medusa Touch scris de Peter Van Greenaway.

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Prezentare [modificare]

Filmul prezintă povestea unui nuvelist, John Morlar, care, având puteri telechinetice, provoacă dezastre doar gândindu-se la ele (de exemplu prăbușirea unui avion sau pierderea unei probe spațiale).

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A French detective, Brunel, is on an exchange scheme in London. He is assigned to investigate the murder of novelist John Morlar. As they examine the crime scene, the policemen find that the victim is actually still alive in spite of his severe injuries and have him rushed to hospital.

With the help of Morlar's journals and Dr. Zonfeld, a psychiatrist whom the author had started visiting, Brunel reconstructs Morlar's past life. Seen in flashback, it is filled with inexplicable catastrophes, including the tragic deaths of people he disliked or who offended him.

Morlar is, in fact, a psychic with powerful telekinetic abilities. Disgusted at the world (in his 1988 book Nightmare Movies, Kim Newman described Morlar's dialogue as "incredibly misanthropic"[1]), Morlar has caused two recent disasters: an airliner crash and the loss of a manned spacecraft.

From his hospital bed, he manages to bring down a cathedral on the "unworthy heads" of a VIP congregation giving thanks for the building's preservation. Morlar seems able to keep himself alive by sheer willpower. An enraged Brunel himself tries to finish Morlar off and fails. The man has written on a pad the name of his next target - the nuclear power station at Windscale.

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Note [modificare]

  1. ^ Newman, Kim (1988). Nightmare Movies: Critical History of the Horror Film, 1968-88. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7475-0295-1 

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