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"Body Double" finds Brian De Palma at the zenith of his cinematic virtuosity. Jan 4, 2018 Full Review Eric Henderson Slant Magazine Body Double, while not his finest, is the best ...
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Body Double, like many of his films, even begins with a movie within the movie, in this case a cheesy vampire flick by way of an eighties rock video. The film open in saturated giallo color and hokey old clichés like the graveyard with headstones and crosses and howling wolves on the soundtrack. As the camera cranes down through the earth and ...
Dec 8, 2017 · 7. THESE DAYS, THEY GET A BOOST FROM CGI. With the help of technology, filmmakers can put their leading actor’s face on a body double’s torso, so they don’t have to limit their body doubles ...
Body Double is a 1984 American neo-noir erotic thriller film directed, co-written, and produced by Brian De Palma. It stars Craig Wasson, Gregg Henry, Melanie Griffith and Deborah Shelton. The film is a direct homage to the 1950s films of Alfred Hitchcock, specifically Rear Window, Vertigo and Dial M for Murder, taking plot lines and themes from the first two.
Nov 14, 2022 · Body Double movie. This notion of a double was used for the great 1984 Brian De Palma erotic thriller movie, Body Double. It's a neo-noir about someone who works in film and television, and may or may not be falling in love with a person doubling as someone else. This wordplay actually made many people aware of the term and its practice in ...
Body Double, while not his finest, is the best candidate as De Palma’s signature film. It’s a wicked, feature-length double entendre from a Doublemint era. Take it at face value, take it for its prurience or take it for all it’s worth. Hell, try taking on all three at once.
It's Body Double a spine-tingling look at voyeurism and sexuality from the modern master of suspense. Jake Scully (Craig Wasson), an unemployed actor, is asked to house-sit at a luxurious hillside apartment. As a bonus, the home offers Jake a telescopic peek into the bedroom of Gloria Revelle (Deborah Shelton), who performs an arousing striptease.
