Tuesday, March 08, 2022
Sisters
- Commentary: I watched this movie last night, 3/20/22. It is yet another in a group of off-center horror movies that I purchased not too long ago. This one is clearly a Brian De Palma film. It was one of his early efforts. He doesn't have as firm a handle on his art, yet, but his promise is clear and the result is entertaining. It was impossible for me to take it seriously consistently. It continually drops into a bit of a puddle of made-for-TV-movies-cum-it's-supposed-to-be-funny-folks, rises out of it as an earnest effort, then drops back, again, and again, and again. The performances are crystalline, but the direction was not, which was clear even to me, who loves movies but is far from educated in film or savvy about all aspects of filmography. However, it was fun for me to watch, being a huge fan of some of De Palma's later films, especially those he released in the 1980's, some of which I gladly own. This one made me very curious about films he's done since then that I haven't seen, which are many. I think I might need to make a trip to the local library. The thing is, in this film, you can see his spark and his genius, but you can also clearly see how far he had yet to come. Thank the movie gods he continued on the journey, and is on that road, still!
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Margot Kidder Danielle Breton/Dominique Blanchion Jennifer Salt Grace Collier Charles Durning Joseph Larch Olympia Dukakis Louise Wilanski
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1972
Directed by Brian De Palma.
Labels: brian-de-palma, Criterion4, detective1, horror1, neo-noirA, suspense3, thriller2, violence4
