Attractive TV performers David Soul and Pam Dawber do decent work in formulaic TV-made thriller about residents of a Chicago high-rise apartment complex, a professional flautist and a tour guide at the Planetarium, spying on each other from their facing windows and later dating; there's also a maniac on the premises running around with a knife, and the musician is high on the list of suspects. Jeffrey Bloom's teleplay is surprisingly rich with detail (and may have inspired author Ira Levin with his future novel "Sliver"), but the plot is ultimately served up in a by-the-numbers fashion. The list of police advisors in the end-credits looks impressive, however the finished results make the Chicago police force look like bungling idiots. Had Bloom concentrated more on the relationship between Soul and Dawber--who have an interesting chemistry--and less time on the crime investigation, this might have been something special.
Review of Through Naked Eyes
