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The Psychotronic Man (1979)

A man discovers that he has psychotronic powers--the

ability to will people to die. He begins exercising that power.

It was one of the few feature films to be shot entirely in Chicago

since the days of the silent movie. It was also entirely produced

outside any of the existing studio systems and financed by private

funds. At the time Chicago’s mayor Richard J. Daley actively discouraged

movie making because he felt the movies that were being made at that

time period were mostly negative and rebellious, and he wanted Chicago

to be seen in a good light. As a result of this there were almost no

permits issued to get scenes filmed. According to Peter Spelson's DVD

commentary, this meant that all of the scenes including the downtown

running gun battles and the high speed car chases with fake police cars

were filmed illegally and without permission or prior notification.

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