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To Watch and be Watched

Synopsis

Vincent is a security guard. He finds a TV in a litter bin by the side of the road and takes it home to his bedsit. All it has on it is an eye which watches him. He brings his ex-girlfriend home one night and finds the eye watching and screams and yells at it. She gets scared, because she sees nothing on it, and leaves. Vincent finally decides to live with the Eye TV, and getting a new TV, they watch it together.

Details

Year
1999
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
11 mins 45 secs
Format
35mm
Director
Guang-Cheng Shie
Producer
London International Film School
Executive Producer
London International Film School
Director of Photography
Jason Watson
Principal cast
Hano Saito, Dallas Campbell, Mahny Webster
Film Stock
Ilford Screen Writer: Motoro Mase

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

The London International Film School 24 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9HP Tel: 020 7240 0168/020 7836 9642 Fax: 020 7497 3718 Email: lifs@dial.pipex.com

Sales Company

as Production Company

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