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Coma
Produced by: MGM
Directed by: Michael Crichton
Written by: Michael Crichton
Based on a novel by: Robin Cook
Starring:
Genevieve Bujold |
as Dr. Susan Wheeler |
Michael Douglas |
as Dr. Mark Bellows |
Elizabeth Ashley |
as Mrs. Emerson |
Rip Torn |
as Dr. George |
Richard Widmark |
as Dr. George Harris |
Lois Chiles |
as Nancy Greenly |
Originally Released: 1978
Runtime: 104 minutes
Based on the novel by Robin Cook: after her best friend falls into a coma during routine surgery, Dr. Susan Wheeler discovers similar cases at her prestigious Boston hospital. But as her investigation unfolds, Susan uncovers a horrific conspiracy - and suddenly finds herself marked for death.

Did art influence your filmmaking career? At the time I was directing, I felt that I was reacting against an emerging period of extremely aggressive directorial styles. The clearest example than -- he's more muted now -- is Scorsese. All those very active camera movements drew attention to the fact that there was a person telling you the story in a specific way, and you were being asked to recognize how it was being told to you. I didn't want to do that. I wanted to do a much more self-effacing directorial style. That was my goal. I think now there's a sort of exhaustion with aggressive directing. Everyone is so camera-zippy. In fact, this whole trend of stunning camera work has been very much influenced by commercials, and directors coming out of commercials. I think it's kind of played out. If you didn't know, could you differentiate Michael Bay (The Rock) from Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction) from Alan Parker (Evita)? Could you really? I don't think so. These guys are doing a similar kind of very heightened visual stuff, which is very exciting, but it's not individual, like Hitchcock or Wellman.

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