Bardlerx Strictly average movie

Blucher One of the worst movies I've ever seen

ChampDavSlim The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

texallennyc Tunnel Vision (1976) shows problems and objections with uncensored TV and other media!It was a joke independent feature movie house film made shortly after the counterculture revolution of the 1960's (which spilled into the early 1970's) ended.People were calling for more freedom from censorship, and they got it.Tunnel Vision (1976) jokingly examined the proposals for "absolutely no censorship" in a "reductum ad absurdum" manner.It showed intentionally ridiculous violations of traditional censorship rules and traditions. Intentionally violated many then (middle 1970's) still "sacred" political and social taboos and rules.It implied legitimatization of famously unacceptable subjects and topics, and was, arguably, heroic in breaking new ground regarding all this. It tried to be offensive (Lennie Bruce style) for the sake of being offensive, and for the sake of making a point about the absurdity and arbitrary nature of the entire subject of taboos.At the end of the movie, the founder and CEO of the fictional "Tunnel Vision TV Uncensored Network" is shot to death on television, Lee Harvey Oswrld style.It shows that intolerance leads to violence and tragedy, not matter how illegal intolerance is declared to be, and how much the government and other oversight forces (such as religion, etc.) objects to intolerance and promises to punish those who are intolerant. No matter how fairly those who give offense are treated and how permissive the "new society" where tolerance is declared the new supreme law of the land is, the sudden and unexpected removal of old taboos and rules of censorship will always result in violence and even human death.The movie is a comedy. Even so, it is intentionally offensive and makes an important and valuable political and social statement about the subject of traditional taboos, censorship, and inteolerance, and the inevitable fate of any person or group of people who purpose to change things, break the old rules, and "liberate the world from the shackles of intolerant censorship." This may be a noble goal, but those who pursue the goal of a "censorship free, totally tolerant society" will pay a big price for their undoubted heroism. Food for thought.No wonder "prudence" is included as one of the eight traditional Cardinal Virtues.---------------------------------Written January 1, 2018 by Tex (David) Allen, movie history writer. More about Tex Allen by visiting WWW.IMDb.Com, world's largest movie, TV, and celebrities information database website owned by Amazon.Com. This movie review is the 122nd movie review written by Tex Allen and published by IMDb.Com. -------------------------------------------------

Joe Stemme Right along the heels of THE GROOVE TUBE and KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE, came this foray into catch-all feature length spoof movies. TUNNEL VISION may have the most coherent plot of the three, but, alas, also the fewest laughs. I hate the term "dated", but TUNNEL VISION certainly qualifies if you must use the term. Postulating a future where an unregulated TV network could literally become the opiate of the masses, TUNNEL VISION, has the misfortune of pre-dating an era where cable and (later) satellite TV (not to mention the internet) made such raunchy material commonplace on the airwaves (or on your desktop). That fact isn't what truly hurts the film, it's the scatter-shot attempts at humor that too often fails that does. Indeed, the wrap-around story is what works best. Set in the year 1985, the TV network becomes the center of a Government inquiry into its massive popularity (and alleged negative consequences). There are numerous Nixon jokes and the like that, as is often the case in such "futuristic" endeavors, play much more to the thoughts and fears of the year the film was MADE in as opposed to the year it is SET in. Some of the jokes require a I LOVE THE 70'S primer to "get". More disappointingly, the low budget production design makes little or no attempt to depict a film 20 years in the future. The dark finale fits in well with the Post-Watergate conspiratorial era.A few funny gags, not to mention appearances by a virtual Who's Who (and Who was to become WHO's) such as Al Franken, Howard Hesseman, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Laraine Newman, Betty Thomas (a surprisingly sexy performance), Chevy Chase etc. will keep you watching, if not laughing out loud. Considering the supposedly taboo-breaking nature of the Tunnel Vision TV network, there is precious little nudity to go along with the language, violence, and subject matter. In a trivia note, the one full-on nude scene is by Oscar Nominated Film Editor Dody Dorn (MEMENTO).

joel-linker Stephen Feinberg, who Played the Proctologist and was one of the writers of the movie, passed away in early 2006. I met Steve in Portland in 1993, it was a year latter when he told me that he had been a writer in Hollywood years earlier, working mostly on TV promos. He asked me not to see 'Tunnel Vision', but it was too late, I had seen it already! Actually I had seen it years before, when it was released. At that time I didn't think it was that bad a movie. However seeing it as an adult my opinion was somewhat different. Yes is is a bit puerile as well as dated. Steve admitted it was not a very good movie. That said he was just a little proud of 'The Proctologist' sketch.

Tito-8 If you're a fan of rampant racism, tired jokes that were never funny, and general all-out tastelessness, then perhaps you should give this film a look. Otherwise, avoid this film at all costs. It's truly amazing that people like Chevy Chase and Betty Thomas managed to have successful careers when you consider that there was a time when they decided that roles in "Tunnelvision" would be intelligent career choices. Blecch.