X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes 1963 Ages 15+
Production still from X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes 1963 / Director: Roger Corman / Image courtesy: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Canberra / View full image
When
Where
Gallery of Modern Art, Cinema B
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
About
Please note: the colour in the screening print has faded moderately. As a result, the image will have a red hue during the screening.
Pioneering surgeon Dr James Xavier (Ray Milland) hopes to change the scientific landscape with his latest breakthrough: eyedrops that allow the user to experience hitherto inaccessible planes of human vision. As he continues to test it on himself, he finds his body is increasingly at the mercy of his incredible invention. A mind-bending tale of science pushed to its limits, the film also acts as an autobiographical allegory for Corman himself — a man whose outsider vision relegates him to the fringes of the world he loves.
Ages 15+
Production Credits
- Director: Roger Corman
- Script: Robert Dillon, Ray Russell
- Based on: a story by Ray Russell
- Cinematographer: Floyd Crosby
- Editor: Anthony Carras
- Cast: Ray Milland, Diana Van der Vlis, Harold J Stone
- Print Source: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Canberra
- Rights: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Canberra
- Year: 1963
- Runtime: 79 minutes
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: 16mm