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* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:Neville begs Laura to kill him at the end and even guides her step by step through the process before making Laura pull the trigger herself]].
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* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:Neville begs Laura to kill him at the end and even guides her step by step through the process before making Laura pull the trigger herself]].herself.]]
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* NoodleIncident: Tommy comes clean early on that he once served time for Assault with a Deadly Weapon, but he's not given the chance to explain what actually happened. [[spoiler:Before he tries to flee Neville, he also implies that he's been committed before, and the experience was awful enough that he's willing to kill police officers to not go back]].
* RageAgainstTheReflection: The killer stabs a mirror with his knife. [[spoiler:This seems to snap Neville out of his rage and give him just enough sense to ask Laura to kill him before he goes mad again]].
* RageAgainstTheReflection: The killer stabs a mirror with his knife. [[spoiler:This seems to snap Neville out of his rage and give him just enough sense to ask Laura to kill him before he goes mad again]].
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* NoodleIncident: Tommy comes clean early on that he once served time for Assault with a Deadly Weapon, but he's not given the chance to explain what actually happened. [[spoiler:Before he tries to flee Neville, he also implies that he's been committed before, and the experience was awful enough that he's willing to kill police officers to not go back]].
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* RageAgainstTheReflection: The killer stabs a mirror with his knife. [[spoiler:This seems to snap Neville out of his rage and give him just enough sense to ask Laura to kill him before he goes madagain]].again.]]
* RageAgainstTheReflection: The killer stabs a mirror with his knife. [[spoiler:This seems to snap Neville out of his rage and give him just enough sense to ask Laura to kill him before he goes mad
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Laura gets a call from Michael, saying that he's drunk and contemplating suicide after waking up in a laundromat. To get to him through her police protection, she has Donald leave the building first dressed as her before leaving after him. [[spoiler:As soon as the cops realize it's not her and leave him alone, the killer chases Donald down and kills him]].
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Laura gets a call from Michael, saying that he's drunk and contemplating suicide after waking up in a laundromat. To get to him through her police protection, she has Donald leave the building first dressed as her before leaving after him. [[spoiler:As soon as the cops realize it's not her and leave him alone, the killer chases Donald down and kills him]].him.]]
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* DiedOnTheirBirthday: [[spoiler: Donald is murdered on his birthday.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Laura survives, but everyone she loves is dead, with Laura herself having to kill Neville at his own request to stop him from killing anyone else. The final shot of the movie is Laura talking with the police operator, barely able to even remember her own name from the trauma]].
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* DiedOnTheirBirthday: [[spoiler: Donald [[spoiler:Donald is murdered on his birthday.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Laura survives, but everyone she loves is dead, with Laura herself having to kill Neville at his own request to stop him from killing anyone else. The final shot of the movie is Laura talking with the police operator, barely able to even remember her own name from the
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* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Neville's]] mother was a prostitute who would leave her baby alone for days in the same diaper while she sold herself on the streets of DC. Eventually, their "father" came home, saw the baby's state, and killed their mother in front of them, splattering them with her blood. This cultivated a lifelong obsession with death as a "sacred" thing, and they view Laura's photography as disrespectful to it.
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* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Neville's]] [[spoiler:Neville]]'s mother was a prostitute who would leave her baby alone for days in the same diaper while she sold herself on the streets of DC. Eventually, their "father" came home, saw the baby's state, and killed their mother in front of them, splattering them with her blood. This cultivated a lifelong obsession with death as a "sacred" thing, and they view Laura's photography as disrespectful to it.it.
* FreezeFrameEnding: The [[{{Bookends}} beginning and end credits]] play over a freeze-frame of Laura's face that turns into a negative.
* FreezeFrameEnding: The [[{{Bookends}} beginning and end credits]] play over a freeze-frame of Laura's face that turns into a negative.
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* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Both Tommy and Michael are set up as potential identities for the killer; Michael, Laura's ex-husband, clearly hates her guts and believes her work broke their relationship apart, while Tommy shows noticeable resentment at the way Laura's entourage treats him and has a history of violence. However, both are killed before the true killer, Neville, confronts Laura himself]].
* SerialKiller: [[spoiler:John Neville]]
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* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Both Tommy and Michael are set up as potential identities for the killer; Michael, Laura's ex-husband, clearly hates her guts and believes her work broke their relationship apart, while Tommy shows noticeable resentment at the way Laura's entourage treats him and has a history of violence. However, both are killed before the true killer, Neville, confronts Laura himself]].
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* SeeingThroughAnothersEyes: This forms the central premise of the film; Laura mysteriously develops the ability to witness the murders of her friends and colleagues through the eyes of their killer.
* SerialKiller: [[spoiler:JohnNeville]]Neville.]]
* SeeingThroughAnothersEyes: This forms the central premise of the film; Laura mysteriously develops the ability to witness the murders of her friends and colleagues through the eyes of their killer.
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* StaircaseTumble: One of the victims falls down a flight of stairs after she is stabbed.
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* NoodleIncident: Tommy comes clean early on that he once served time for Assault with a Deadly Weapon, but he's not given the chance to explain what actually happened. [[spoiler:Before he tries to flee Neville, he also implies that he's been committed before, and the experience was awful enough that he's willing to kill police officers to not go back]].
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* AndThatLittleBoyWasMe: [[spoiler:Neville launches into the RedHerring's supposed tragic backstory, describing how his prostitute mother used to leave him alone in the same diaper for days while she was working, and how his [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe probable]] father came home one night and slashed his mother's throat in front of him. Laura realizes he's talking about himself when he accidentally lapses into the first person.]]
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* AndThatLittleBoyWasMe: [[spoiler:Neville launches into the RedHerring's supposed tragic backstory, describing how his prostitute mother used to leave him alone in the same diaper for days while she was working, and how his [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe probable]] father came home one night and slashed his mother's throat in front of him. Laura first gets confused because she knows that's not what happened to Tommy, then realizes he's talking about himself when he accidentally lapses into the first person.]]
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* ChalkOutline: One of the victims is stabbed and then suffers a StaircaseTumble. When the cops remove her body, they leave an outline at the bottom of the stairs.
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* ChalkOutline: One of the victims is stabbed and then suffers a StaircaseTumble. When the cops remove her body, they leave an outline at the bottom of the stairs. Laura and Neville pass by it later and Laura takes considerable effort to not step within the lines.
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* FamedInStory: Laura's work is displayed in large galleries, and when she makes public appearances, she's surrounded by photographers and reporters.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Laura survives, but everyone she loves is dead, with Laura herself having to kill Neville at his own request to stop him from killing anyone else. The final shot of the movie is Laura talking with the police operator, barely able to even remember her own name from the trauma]].
* FamedInStory: Laura's work is displayed in large galleries, and when she makes public appearances, she's surrounded by photographers and reporters. As the murder spree becomes more notorious, her work even gets publicly displayed on the sides of buses.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: After [[spoiler:Tommy]] has been killed, Neville returns to where Laura is staying and [[spoiler:finds Michael in the elevator. Immediately, Laura gets a flash showing the killer stabbing the other man. However, they conspicuously ''don't'' show which man is being killed, and the only reason to hide which of them is the victim is if Neville is doing the killing]].
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Neville's]] mother was a prostitute who would leave her baby alone for days in the same diaper while she sold herself on the streets of DC. Eventually, their "father" came home, saw the baby's state, and killed their mother in front of them, splattering them with her blood. This cultivated a lifelong obsession with death as a "sacred" thing, and they view Laura's photography as disrespectful to it.
* FamedInStory: Laura's work is displayed in large galleries, and when she makes public appearances, she's surrounded by photographers and reporters. As the murder spree becomes more notorious, her work even gets publicly displayed on the sides of buses.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: After [[spoiler:Tommy]] has been killed, Neville returns to where Laura is staying and [[spoiler:finds Michael in the elevator. Immediately, Laura gets a flash showing the killer stabbing the other man. However, they conspicuously ''don't'' show which man is being killed, and the only reason to hide which of them is the victim is if Neville is doing the killing]].
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Neville's]] mother was a prostitute who would leave her baby alone for days in the same diaper while she sold herself on the streets of DC. Eventually, their "father" came home, saw the baby's state, and killed their mother in front of them, splattering them with her blood. This cultivated a lifelong obsession with death as a "sacred" thing, and they view Laura's photography as disrespectful to it.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:Neville begs Laura to kill him at the end and even guides her step by step through the process before making Laura pull the trigger herself]].
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* RageAgainstTheReflection: The killer stabs a mirror with his knife. [[spoiler:This seems to snap Neville out of his rage and give him just enough sense to ask Laura to kill him before he goes mad again]].
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Both Tommy and Michael are set up as potential identities for the killer; Michael, Laura's ex-husband, clearly hates her guts and believes her work broke their relationship apart, while Tommy shows noticeable resentment at the way Laura's entourage treats him and has a history of violence. However, both are killed before the true killer, Neville, confronts Laura himself]].
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Both Tommy and Michael are set up as potential identities for the killer; Michael, Laura's ex-husband, clearly hates her guts and believes her work broke their relationship apart, while Tommy shows noticeable resentment at the way Laura's entourage treats him and has a history of violence. However, both are killed before the true killer, Neville, confronts Laura himself]].
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* ItsNotPornItsArt: Laura's detractors accuse her work of being degrading to women. Laura defends herself by saying that in real life, sexual violence is everywhere, and she just wants people to see it.
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* BigRottenApple: Yet another '70s movie showing the NYC of that era at its grittiest and most crime-ridden.
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* SoftGlass: Neville smashes through a giant window to get to Laura, and is completely uninjured afterwards.
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''Eyes of Laura Mars'' is a 1978 American mystery thriller film directed by Irvin Kershner, written by Creator/JohnCarpenter, and starring Creator/FayeDunaway and Creator/TommyLeeJones. The supporting cast includes Creator/BradDourif, Creator/ReneAuberjonois, and Creator/RaulJulia.
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''Eyes of Laura Mars'' is a 1978 American neo-[[FilmNoir noir]] mystery thriller film directed by Irvin Kershner, written by Creator/JohnCarpenter, and starring Creator/FayeDunaway and Creator/TommyLeeJones. The supporting cast includes Creator/BradDourif, Creator/ReneAuberjonois, and Creator/RaulJulia.
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* LoveTheme: "Prisoner", performed by Music/BarbraStreisand. It became a moderate hit.
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* BegoneBribe: Laura's ex-husband Michael (Creator/RaulJulia) breaks into her apartment to harangue her about everything she supposedly did wrong during their marriage. Finally she snaps, "Will fifty dollars be enough?" Then she gets out a hundred dollar bill and holds it out to him. It works.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: Donald (Creator/ReneAuberjonois) [[spoiler:gets murdered]] on his birthday.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: Donald (Creator/ReneAuberjonois) [[spoiler:gets murdered]] on his birthday.
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* BegoneBribe: Laura's ex-husband Michael (Creator/RaulJulia) breaks into her apartment to harangue her about everything she supposedly did wrong during their marriage. Finally she snaps, "Will fifty dollars be enough?" Then she gets out a hundred dollar bill and holds it out to him. It works.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: Donald(Creator/ReneAuberjonois) [[spoiler:gets murdered]] on his birthday.
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''Eyes of Laura Mars'' is a 1978 American mystery thriller film written by Creator/JohnCarpenter and directed by Irvin Kershner.
Laura Mars (Creator/FayeDunaway) is a controversial New York fashion photographer, whose work focuses on scenes of sexualized violence. Suddenly Laura starts to suffer from visions of murder, and her friends start turning up dead. Laura realizes that she is SeeingThroughAnothersEyes because of a psychic link to the killer. John Neville (Creator/TommyLeeJones), a police lieutenant, works on the case while falling in love with Laura.
Laura Mars (Creator/FayeDunaway) is a controversial New York fashion photographer, whose work focuses on scenes of sexualized violence. Suddenly Laura starts to suffer from visions of murder, and her friends start turning up dead. Laura realizes that she is SeeingThroughAnothersEyes because of a psychic link to the killer. John Neville (Creator/TommyLeeJones), a police lieutenant, works on the case while falling in love with Laura.
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''Eyes of Laura Mars'' is a 1978 American mystery thriller film written by Creator/JohnCarpenter and directed by Irvin Kershner.
Kershner, written by Creator/JohnCarpenter, and starring Creator/FayeDunaway and Creator/TommyLeeJones. The supporting cast includes Creator/BradDourif, Creator/ReneAuberjonois, and Creator/RaulJulia.
Laura Mars(Creator/FayeDunaway) (Dunaway) is a controversial New York fashion photographer, whose work focuses on scenes of sexualized violence. Suddenly Laura starts to suffer from visions of murder, and her friends start turning up dead. Laura soon realizes that she is SeeingThroughAnothersEyes because of a psychic link to the killer. John Neville (Creator/TommyLeeJones), (Jones), a police lieutenant, works on the case while falling in love with Laura.
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Laura Mars (Creator/FayeDunaway) is a controversial fashion photographer whose work focuses on scenes of sexualized violence. Suddenly Laura starts to suffer from visions of murder, and her friends start turning up dead. Laura realizes that she is SeeingThroughAnothersEyes because of a psychic link to the killer. John Neville (Creator/TommyLeeJones), a police lieutenant, works on the case while falling in love with Laura.
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Laura Mars (Creator/FayeDunaway) is a controversial New York fashion photographer photographer, whose work focuses on scenes of sexualized violence. Suddenly Laura starts to suffer from visions of murder, and her friends start turning up dead. Laura realizes that she is SeeingThroughAnothersEyes because of a psychic link to the killer. John Neville (Creator/TommyLeeJones), a police lieutenant, works on the case while falling in love with Laura.
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''Eyes of Laura Mars'' is a 1978 mystery film written by Creator/JohnCarpenter and directed by Irvin Kershner.
''Eyes of Laura Mars'' is a 1978 mystery film written by Creator/JohnCarpenter and directed by Irvin Kershner.
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* AndThatLittleBoyWasMe: [[spoiler:Neville launches into the RedHerring's supposed tragic backstory, describing how his prostitute mother used to leave him alone in the same diaper for days while she was working, and how his [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe probable]] father came home one night and slashed his mother's throat in front of him. Laura realizes he's talking about himself when he accidentally lapses into the first person.]]
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* RageAgainstTheReflection: The killer stabs a mirror with his knife.
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* {{Bookends}}: The beginning and end credits both play over a [[FreezeFrameEnding freeze-frame]] of Laura's face that turns into a negative.
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* SoftGlass: Neville smashes through a giant window to get to Laura, and is completely uninjured afterwards.
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* FamedInStory: Laura's work is displayed in large galleries, and when she makes public appearances, she's surrounded by photographers and reporters.
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* ImpaledPalm: One of Laura's visions shows the killer stabbing the victim's palm against the wall of an elevator.
* ItsNotPornItsArt: Laura's detractors accuse her work of being degrading to women. Laura defends herself by saying that in real life, sexual violence is everywhere, and she just wants people to see it.
* ItsNotPornItsArt: Laura's detractors accuse her work of being degrading to women. Laura defends herself by saying that in real life, sexual violence is everywhere, and she just wants people to see it.
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: Donald (Creator/ReneAuberjonois) [[spoiler:gets murdered]] on his birthday.
* CarMeetsHouse: Laura drives into a warehouse in a failed attempt to stop [[spoiler:Donald]]'s murder.
* CarMeetsHouse: Laura drives into a warehouse in a failed attempt to stop [[spoiler:Donald]]'s murder.
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* FunnyAnsweringMachine: The models Michele and Lulu chorus, "This is Lulu and Michele. We're not home, so go to hell. But if you're not a horny creep, then leave a message when you hear the beep."
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* HappyBirthdayToYou: At Donald's birthday party, the guests sing "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow."
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* HandOrObjectUnderwear: One of Laura's photos has a topless model wrapping an arm over her chest.
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''Eyes of Laura Mars'' is a 1978 mystery film written by Creator/JohnCarpenter and directed by Irvin Kershner.
Laura Mars (Creator/FayeDunaway) is a controversial fashion photographer whose work focuses on scenes of sexualized violence. Suddenly Laura starts to suffer from visions of murder, and her friends start turning up dead. Laura realizes that she is SeeingThroughAnothersEyes because of a psychic link to the killer. John Neville (Creator/TommyLeeJones), a police lieutenant, works on the case while falling in love with Laura.
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!!''Eyes of Laura Mars'' contains examples of:
* BegoneBribe: Laura's ex-husband Michael (Creator/RaulJulia) breaks into her apartment to harangue her about everything she supposedly did wrong during their marriage. Finally she snaps, "Will fifty dollars be enough?" Then she gets out a hundred dollar bill and holds it out to him. It works.
* ChalkOutline: One of the victims is stabbed and then suffers a StaircaseTumble. When the cops remove her body, they leave an outline at the bottom of the stairs.
* MarriedToTheJob: Michael blames this trope for his and Laura's divorce. He says, "Where were you when I needed something, when I needed comfort? Where were you? In your darkroom." Laura retorts, "Where else could I find any peace? You were in that bedroom dead drunk!"
* HandOrObjectUnderwear: One of Laura's photos has a topless model wrapping an arm over her chest.
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Laura Mars (Creator/FayeDunaway) is a controversial fashion photographer whose work focuses on scenes of sexualized violence. Suddenly Laura starts to suffer from visions of murder, and her friends start turning up dead. Laura realizes that she is SeeingThroughAnothersEyes because of a psychic link to the killer. John Neville (Creator/TommyLeeJones), a police lieutenant, works on the case while falling in love with Laura.
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!!''Eyes of Laura Mars'' contains examples of:
* BegoneBribe: Laura's ex-husband Michael (Creator/RaulJulia) breaks into her apartment to harangue her about everything she supposedly did wrong during their marriage. Finally she snaps, "Will fifty dollars be enough?" Then she gets out a hundred dollar bill and holds it out to him. It works.
* ChalkOutline: One of the victims is stabbed and then suffers a StaircaseTumble. When the cops remove her body, they leave an outline at the bottom of the stairs.
* MarriedToTheJob: Michael blames this trope for his and Laura's divorce. He says, "Where were you when I needed something, when I needed comfort? Where were you? In your darkroom." Laura retorts, "Where else could I find any peace? You were in that bedroom dead drunk!"
* HandOrObjectUnderwear: One of Laura's photos has a topless model wrapping an arm over her chest.
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