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Another De Palma masterpiece

posted 9 years ago by eolloe
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I have to disagree with a lot of the posters saying that this was such a bad film.

I just rewatched it for the first time since I was a kid (previously saw a heavily edited version on tv). This time watched the unrated version on DVD.

It was incredibly suspenseful, even though I already knew who the villain was from having previously watched it. Great use of locations, great lead actors in Caine and Dickinson, excellent choice of music for the soundtrack, and nobody uses the camera for a horror climax scene better than De Palma.

[–] ShallowAl69 9 years ago

I liked the elevator part.

[–] manram24 9 years ago

I love this movie and thought it was almost flawless, the makers of the movie thought it was perfect and were never happier with the end result than they were with this movie.

Y'know, I could eat a peach for hours

[–] !!!deleted!!! (61489496) 9 years ago

The first half of the film is perfect.

[–] andyk69 9 years ago

I think the second half holds on pretty good to the first,
the thing is that museum scene and the elevator are the most amazing segments of the
film and they are in the first half. I rewatched yesterday I am amaze I really love this film.

I'm not mad, I just been in a very bad mood for the last 14 years