Much before Brian De Palma made
two of his most popular and much admired gangster films; he made certain B
genre Hitchcockian edge on the seat psychological thrillers. Having watched his
quite underrated ‘Sisters’, ‘Blow Out’ and ‘Body Double’, I must say the man is
just brilliant replacement of Master Hitchcock for a quite
a time being. Though many of critics criticized and labeled him as ‘Hitchcock’s
shadow’, De Palma left his own stamp in all these films. His highly stylistic
use of camera especially mise en scene, expressionist shots and angles focusing
voyeuristic and stalking camera work in those earlier films bears an absolutely
grotesque De Palma beauty.
This is one of those underrated
De Palma. He took the premise of ‘Obsession’ from one of his most favorite
Hitchcock film ‘Vertigo’ but constructed the film with different and surprising
twist in the tale with impulsive obsession of two individuals. Need I ruin the
suspense by sharing the plot! This is perhaps one of most slow paced film De Palma ever made but still its
captivating thriller and visually so rich with spell binding camera work and Bernard Herrmann’s
brilliant background score is added bonus.
Worth a watch for any Hitchcock
admirer.
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