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.