Death Watch12A

Before Big Brother gripped the nation or David Cronenberg entered the Videodrome, Bertrand Tavernier came to Glasgow to film this strikingly prescient futuristic drama. Ace reporter Roddy (Harvey Keitel) has a camera implanted in his eye to record everything he sees. His job is to capture the last days of the terminally ill Katherine (Romy Schneider) for the viewing pleasure of voyeuristic millions. Refusal to comply is not an option in a cult classic that earned five Cesar nominations and makes atmospheric use of the decaying industrial heartland of 1970s Glasgow.

Screening from a new digital print.