DEATH WATCH (1980)

A futuristic sci-fi film that predicts the popularity of reality television but takes it one step further by being a show about a person who is going to die and we all get to watch. Harvey Keitel stars as a man who gets cameras implanted into his eyes and then befriends our heroine to get all the necessary shots and heart-stirring moments on tape. Harry Dean Stanton from REPO MAN is the head of the morally insensitive TV station, Max Von Sydow shows up towards the end and it's all based on a sci-fi novel from 1974 called The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe . Filmed in Scotland there's some beautiful scenery on display and this is a good movie to see in an actual theater as nature intended. It does however drag in spots and the ending seems sort of abruptly handled but it had some good ideas here and there and is worth watching if you're a serious sci-fi type.