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Obsession (1976)

Director: Brian De Palma

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From Time Out Film Guide

Schrader and De Palma's tribute to Hitchcock's Vertigo may lack the misogyny and bloodbath sensationalism of De Palma's later work, but it's still dressed up in a mortifyingly vacuous imitation of the Master's stylistic touches. Virtuoso gliding camera movements do not necessarily a good film make. The main problem with the film, in fact, is the excruciatingly slow pace; although if you've seen Vertigo, the story itself - of a businessman haunted by guilt about his wife's death, and getting involved years later with her lookalike - will fail to yield the narrative surprises and suspense required in a thriller.

Author: GA

Time Out Film Guide

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Obsession

Cast & crew

Director: Brian De Palma

Producer: George Litto, Harry N Blum

Cast: Cliff Robertson, Genevieve Bujold, John Lithgow, Sylvia Williams, Wanda Blackman, Patrick McNamara, Stanley J Reyes, Nick Krieger full cast

Genre(s): Thrillers

Duration: 98 mins


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