Extreme Close-Up is a 1973 film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by Michael Crichton. It deals with privacy in an ever growing technological age.
A television reporter rents surveillance equipment for a story on the intrusion of surreptitious surveillance in peoples' private lives. He spies on his neighbors and eventually a broader range of citizens, finding himself caught up in the dark world of voyeurism.
Producer Paul Lazarus III says the film was inspired in part by the success of I Am Curious (Yellow). He approached Michael Crichton with whom he made Westworld (1973) and suggested they make a film which got some nudity on screen "without creating some kind of uproar that ruins people."[1] They came up with the story and Crichton wrote the script. "This was an era of grainy 8mm stag films," said Lazarus III, "Our thinking was we could put what nudity we wanted... into a kind of action thriller format."[1]
Lazarus sold the film to a financier, Ted Mann, on the basis of Crichton's reputation. He offered to make the whole movie for $209,000.[1]
Director Jeannot Szwarc was hired in part because he was French "and we thought he'd known how to do this," according to Lazarus III.[1]
Ted Mann arranged a distribution deal with National General, who changed the title to Sex Through a Window. The film failed commercially and Crichton took it off his filmography.[1]
According to Crichton, he "became interested in the idea of making an X-rated film that would also be a good movie. What happened to it was that it got shot as a soft R, and that just destroyed it. I mean it really had a hard edge that I thought was interesting, and it was a good script, but it had to be an X. The minute it was not an X, it was just all over. I wasn't involved in the production... it was a low budget picture that didn't turn out as I hoped."[2]
extreme, close, film, extreme, close, 1973, film, directed, jeannot, szwarc, written, michael, crichton, deals, with, privacy, ever, growing, technological, extreme, close, uptheatrical, release, posterdirected, byjeannot, szwarcwritten, bymichael, crichtonpro. Extreme Close Up is a 1973 film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by Michael Crichton It deals with privacy in an ever growing technological age Extreme Close UpTheatrical release posterDirected byJeannot SzwarcWritten byMichael CrichtonProduced byPaul Lazarus IIIStarringJim McMullanCinematographyPaul LohmannMusic byBasil PoledourisDistributed byNational General PicturesRelease dateMay 16 1973 1973 05 16 Running time80 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 209 000 1 It was also known as Sex Through a Window Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksPlot EditA television reporter rents surveillance equipment for a story on the intrusion of surreptitious surveillance in peoples private lives He spies on his neighbors and eventually a broader range of citizens finding himself caught up in the dark world of voyeurism Cast EditJim McMullan as John Norman Katherine Woodville as Sally Norman James A Watson Jr as Cameraman Bara Byrnes as Sylvia Marina Al Checco as Surveillance Salesman Jacqueline Giroux as Barbie Curtis Credel as ReporterProduction EditProducer Paul Lazarus III says the film was inspired in part by the success of I Am Curious Yellow He approached Michael Crichton with whom he made Westworld 1973 and suggested they make a film which got some nudity on screen without creating some kind of uproar that ruins people 1 They came up with the story and Crichton wrote the script This was an era of grainy 8mm stag films said Lazarus III Our thinking was we could put what nudity we wanted into a kind of action thriller format 1 Lazarus sold the film to a financier Ted Mann on the basis of Crichton s reputation He offered to make the whole movie for 209 000 1 Director Jeannot Szwarc was hired in part because he was French and we thought he d known how to do this according to Lazarus III 1 Ted Mann arranged a distribution deal with National General who changed the title to Sex Through a Window The film failed commercially and Crichton took it off his filmography 1 According to Crichton he became interested in the idea of making an X rated film that would also be a good movie What happened to it was that it got shot as a soft R and that just destroyed it I mean it really had a hard edge that I thought was interesting and it was a good script but it had to be an X The minute it was not an X it was just all over I wasn t involved in the production it was a low budget picture that didn t turn out as I hoped 2 See also EditList of American films of 1973References Edit a b c d e f Legends of Film Paul Lazarus Podcast 27 December 2004 Fischer Dennis 2000 Science Fiction Film Directors 1895 1998 McFarland p 599 ISBN 9780786460915 External links EditExtreme Close Up at IMDb Extreme Close Up at Rotten Tomatoes Review of film at The New York Times Review of film at Temple of Schlock nbsp This 1970s drama film related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Extreme Close Up film amp oldid 1165029613, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
