After kicking off “Thanks for the Judds,” a six-week programming block on Ashley Judd thrillers, with Gary Fleder’s adaptation of James Patterson’s Kiss the Girls (listen), we’re continuing the series with a deep dive into Stephan Elliott‘s (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert) notorious bomb (and rare recipient of the dreaded “F” CinemaScore) Eye of the Beholder (1999).
An adaptation of Marc Behm‘s 1980 novel of the same name (and already adapted into the 1983 French film Deadly Circuit, starring Isabelle Adjani), Eye of the Beholder sees a British intelligence agent known only as “The Eye” (Ewan McGregor) become obsessed with a female serial killer (Ashley Judd). As the bodies pile up and The Eye’s feelings for his target become more and more complicated, their once-separate paths begin to intertwine.
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Episode 404: Eye of the Beholder (1999)
Keep an EYE out for snow globes because we are continuing “Thanks for the Judds”, a six-week programming block on Ashley Judd thrillers, with Stephan Elliott’s bafflingly sedate erotic(?) thriller(?) Eye of the Beholder (1999).
Join us as we try to figure out what’s going on in Elliott’s re-adaptation of Marc Behm’s 1980 novel of the same name. It starts to makes sense when you understand the horrendous issues Elliott faced during the film’s troubled production, but still.
Plus: k.d. Lang serving up some queer representation, a bleached blond Jason Priestley, Ashley Judd’s wig game, and did we mention snow globes? Because there are so. Many. Snowglobes. Merry Christmas, Daddy!
Cross out Eye of the Beholder!
Coming Up Next: We’re continuing our “Thanks for the Judds” programming block with a look at what may be the magnum opus of Ashley Judd thrillers: Double Jeopardy (1999).
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