Part human drama, part sci-fi cautionary tale, Bertrand Tavernier’s DEATH WATCH unfolds in a future where death by disease has become extremely rare. When it is discovered that Katherine (Romy Schneider, in one of her final roles) has an incurable illness, she becomes an object of intense media fascination—so much so that Roddy (Harvey Keitel) has a camera implanted into his brain so that he can record, unbeknownst to Katherine, her final days for the reality television series “Death Watch.” By turns moving and unsettling, this cult classic is a chillingly prescient vision of a voyeuristic society in decay.
"Death Watch" — movie produced in France and Germany and released in 1980. It has a good rating on IMDb: 6.5 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 2h 11min. "Death Watch" is currently available to stream on The Criterion Channel and for rent and to buy on Amazon Store. Click on a playlink to watch it now!
...a prescient but lugubrious sci-fi satire about reality television, though a more low-key satire can hard...