Andrea Esterhazy, Cliff Robertson, Don Hood
Though he had made comedies with Robert De Niro (Hi Mom, Greetings!), a horror movie (Sisters), and a rock musical (Phantom of the Paradise), it wasn't until this 1976 film...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 26, 2001
Stats: 101 reviews
The Brian De Palma movie most overtly in thrall to Hitchcock, and the closest he's come to direct plagiarism. De Palma and Paul Schrader's borrowings seem more audacious today than at the time because, a critical and commercial flop in its day, "Vertigo" was difficult to see by t...( read more)
Vastly underrated. beautifully shot by Vilmos Zsigmond, haunting score by the great Bernard Herrmann. the ultimate De Palma homage to Hitchcock. a thriller that follows the same line of Vertigo. ending up in a truly heartbreaking way.
Great Hitchcockian thriller from De Palma with a wonderful score by Bernard Herrman.
Brian DePalma is the king of all style and no substance. This movie is DePalma's homage to Vertigo except with a sick twist. The film looks great, has amazing photography by Vilmos, and great score by the genius Bernard Herman. This film fails with Paul Schrader's lazy script. *S...( read more)
See Brian DePalma channel Hitchcock to make a great thriller, that's slightly twisted.
Obsession has many Alfred Hitchcock qualities to it. Such as Bernard Hermman's music, a Vertigo feel with a touch of Dial M For Murder thrown in for good measure.
The title Obsession to me is more about De Palmas first venture into trying to master the style and themes of Alfred Hitchcock. De Palma is obsessed with him. He has made a career out of exploring the identity themes Hitchcock masterfully did with films like Psycho, Vertigo and T...( read more)
See OBSESSION on the Turner Classic Movie channel on Tuesday, September 29,2009 at 12:00 AM!
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