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A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path.
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Who was the machine in 8MM?
George Anthony Higgins, better known as Machine, is the secondary antagonist of the 1999 thriller film 8MM. He is a sadistic psychopath who rapes and tortures women and girls in snuff films directed by Dino Velvet, and murders a teenage girl in one of them. He is portrayed by Chris Bauer.
What is 8MM about?
Private detective Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage) lives a normal life with his wife (Catherine Keener) and young daughter, until he receives a startling new case. A widow named Mrs. Christian (Myra Carter) has found what appears to be a snuff film among her late husband's belongings, and she wants Welles to determine if the movie is real or fake. Welles heads to California, where a video store employee (Joaquin Phoenix) helps him infiltrate the dangerous and depraved world of illegal porn movies.
8 MM : Huit Millimetres / Film synopsis
Is 8MM film still available?
Well, the bad news is that the production of Kodahcrome Super 8 film stopped in 2012, but the good news is you can skip the perms and parachute pants, because you won't have to travel back to MTV circa 1981 to get it! You can actually still get Super 8 film from a number of online retailers and specialty photoshops.
What happens at the end of 8MM?
Velvet, Poole, and Machine received much less and that Longdale kept the major portion. In an ensuing fight, Velvet and Longdale are both killed; Tom wounds Machine and escapes. He calls Mrs. Christian to tell her his discoveries and recommends going to the police, to which she agrees.
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