Dominique Is Dead
Dominique
United Kingdom
1980
100 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
Synopsis
David and his wife Dominique reside in a giant English mansion ripe with tension. Dominique has trouble getting around thanks to an accidental fall down the stairs, and her memory seems to be lapsing as well. She fires her chauffeur, and steals a friend’s broach, but does not recall the events. She and her stock broker husband have separate bedrooms, and after Dominique sees a hanging corpse that conveniently disappears, she is certain her husband is trying to drive her insane.
A new chauffeur, Tony, is hired, and out of desperation Dominique goes to him for help. New to the job, Tony rebuffs Dominique, and she promptly hangs herself in the conservatory. The funeral is a sad affair, and Dominique’s last wishes are to be buried with a favorite bracelet and then have her last will and testament read on her wedding anniversary (which happens to fall on Halloween).
David doesn’t seem too broken up about Dominique’s death. Before her body is even cold, however, he starts hearing Dominique’s piano playing itself. A mysterious woman dressed in black orders tombstones for David and Dominique’s grave, with a cryptic “SOON” written where David’s death date would be carved. David sees a woman who looks like Dominique from his office window, and eventually bribes Tony to dig up Dominique’s grave. What he finds sheds little light on the mystery. —Efilmcritic.com
Director
Michael Anderson
After serving in the Second World War, Anderson first developed his career in British films, becoming a director in 1949 and enjoying his first success with the war movie The Dam Busters (1954). The Dam Busters made good use of limited special effects and is often cited as an inspiration for the climax of the first Star Wars film. He directed the first cinema adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 (1956) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1956), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his direction. He also directed the 1968 film The Shoes of the Fisherman starring Anthony Quinn, Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud.
He settled in Hollywood, California, making such science fiction offerings as Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975) and Logan’s Run (1976). Logan’s Run was an expensive box-office success, contributing a box office of $50 million worldwide and boosting sales for its distributor, Metro Goldwyn Mayer. It has gone on to enjoy a cult status… read more
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