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Summary: Hitchcock times ten
Review: Obsession is a great and passionately romantic film and not to be missed by anyone. This is one of the last films that Cliff Robertson made before he dropped off the map, much to my dismay. (thanks to a conflict with a Columbia executive.) The warmth and presence of his character play marvelously against the tragic backdrop of this timeless story. Shot in the most beautiful Vilmos Szigmond cinemascope possible (the 70's period is rather heavy on the diffusion by today's standards, but exquisite), I think it is a shame that the current DVD release in only standard, not anamorphic DVD. The frame compositions in anamorphic are gorgeous. This film is utterly stunning in story and execution from first frame to last. Bujold, Robertson, and Lithgow are fantastic. And the score by Bernard Herrman, powerful, edgy, and sweetly lingering, is my personal favorite. "Herrmann's music, beautifully recorded in London, is among his last and his best as well. It would make blank film compelling." -- Variety "This is an immensely important cinematic work, with a throbbing, lusty score by Bernard Herrmann." -- Rex Reed "It's a magnificent, haunting score that, on first hearing, seems to rank with this composer's finest work." -- Hollywood Reporter Robertson plays wealthy real estate developer Michael Courtland whose wife and daughter are kidnapped and killed in a police chase in the late 1950's. Years later, Courtland finds a woman identical to his late wife on a trip to Venice, Italy. This is Hitchcock times ten. I love the period feels and the transitions from future to past. While the similarly themed "Vertigo" puts me to sleep with it's languid pacing and hypnotic score, "Obsession" seems vibrantly alive and compelling from first frame to last, with an extremely rich emotional pallette. Brilliant! Far and away Brian De Palma's best film!
Rating: 
Summary: Excellent film
Review: One of De Palma's best 70's efforts!
Rating: 
Summary: A bit of "Vertigo", but lots of great De Palma touches, too
Review: This early De Palma movie is dreamlike and artful, yet still works as a bang-up suspense thriller. The DVD has lots of interesting extras, too.
Rating:
Summary: A bit of "Vertigo", but lots of great De Palma touches, too
Review: This early De Palma movie is dreamlike and artful, yet still works as a bang-up suspense thriller. The DVD has lots of interesting extras, too.
Rating:
Summary: One the Greatest Thrillers, and DePalma's Best
Review: This Film is just astonishing from start to finish.
It has a stellar cast, some of the best direction ever, and a very haunting , compelling score by Bernard Herrmann.
The story and the climactic ending will probably leave you feeling many different emotions. It did me.
I loved the scenery in the film , the locations, the use of the camera ,all thanks to Mr. Brian DePalma.
This is by far his greatest films, and he has many, but this one just took me by surprise, and tugs at your heartstrings.
I hope you will watch this film and feel the same way as i do about it.
It's one very compelling film, and highly overlooked, but it should not be overlooked, because it is a cinematic treasure.
Yes, it does feel like Vertigo a bit, but it stands on it's own, and is so very different than Vertigo.
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