“8mm” is a risky film to watch on a public library computer. But this felt like a fitting way to watch a film that aims to saturate viewers with the taboo feel of its subject matter — sex, murder, and worse yet, the combination of both. “8mm” finds private eye Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage) hired to investigate a snuff film discovered among a late tycoon’s possessions. Welles quickly dismisses the footage of a slain teenage girl; it could have easily been created with special effects and fake blood, he tells the tycoon’s widow. “Just think of how many people seem to be realistically killed in movies and on television every day,” her attorney assures her.
8mm (1999)
8mm (1999)
8mm (1999)
“8mm” is a risky film to watch on a public library computer. But this felt like a fitting way to watch a film that aims to saturate viewers with the taboo feel of its subject matter — sex, murder, and worse yet, the combination of both. “8mm” finds private eye Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage) hired to investigate a snuff film discovered among a late tycoon’s possessions. Welles quickly dismisses the footage of a slain teenage girl; it could have easily been created with special effects and fake blood, he tells the tycoon’s widow. “Just think of how many people seem to be realistically killed in movies and on television every day,” her attorney assures her.