Death Watch: forgotten movie.

loving_girl9009

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I'm starting to think I'm the only person who's seen this.
Imagine, if you will, a movie with Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, Max von Sydow and Robbie Coltrane, dealing with reality television and its intrusive, destructive effects.
SounRAB topical but it was made in 1979 and appears to have vanished without a trace.
Katherine Mortenhoe is dying and agrees to have her final days filmed for tv. She backs out of the deal and runs away. An "accidental" meeting with Harvey Keitel ensures continued coverage as he has a tv camera in his head.
A remarkable movie with amazing performances from HK and the late Romy Schneider as Katherine. Apart from arthouse showings on its release and one tv outing, it seems to have gone forever.
Has anyone else ever seen it or did I imagine the while thing, including a thin(ish) Robbie Coltrane?
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You may well be right. That's probably when I made my VHS copy and it's never been on again. I'm guessing that there's some legal wrangle tying it up. Apparently it was released on dvd in 2003 but is no longer available.
"Moontrap" has suffered a similar fate and can now never be legally released on dvd or anything else as its ownership can't be established.
 
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