tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post8935632079526411011..comments2024-03-28T02:30:08.913-04:00Comments on Not Just Movies: Brian De Palma: Body DoubleJakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-26649981265775585402013-02-15T08:12:51.826-05:002013-02-15T08:12:51.826-05:00If Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' was a woman, ...If Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' was a woman, 'Body Double' is the movie that beats her, rapes her, kills her, buries her, exhumes her, desecrates her, eats her, shits her out, *then* rubs our nose in it -- while the De Palma devotees tell us all the while it tastes like honey flecked with gold leaf.C_Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17816922541525017016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-89242557409247666082011-05-18T19:05:22.672-04:002011-05-18T19:05:22.672-04:00I think Blow Out trumps it for grace but yeah, I&#...I think Blow Out trumps it for grace but yeah, I'd rank Body Double over the others you mentioned. I find The Untouchables a hollow affair although I hope my opinion changes when I revisit soon.Jake Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532951308638768249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-43998667209241760002011-05-18T17:48:13.106-04:002011-05-18T17:48:13.106-04:00Nice that this old classic get some attention. Its...Nice that this old classic get some attention. Its actually a guilty pleasure of mine and made it onto the life in movies post: http://www.joelburman.com/2011/05/a-life-in-movies<br /><br />I like that he plays with the layers so much, surely its a very uneven movie compared to Scarface, Carrie, Blow Out or The Untouchables but it certainly has a charm that those movies lack and I think the cinematography is way superior to.Joel Burmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00281348576195211447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-87139668119041634812011-05-11T21:06:05.439-04:002011-05-11T21:06:05.439-04:00I thoroughly enjoyed reading this, and naturally a...I thoroughly enjoyed reading this, and naturally agree with you on many things you've pointed out here. That wormholes reference, very funny. Very mastabatory for De Palma fans. <br />Very astute, but of course I differ in opinion in one area - the acting, man! I know I'm bias in the positive sense towards actors, often when people are being more negative than me about certain actors I'll realise compared to me they are just being neutral, and I'll check myself before saying something. But dude, you are scathing! Since Deborah Shelton needed a voiceover I'll grant that she was little more than... well, what she was - an image of a beautiful woman that would be better characterised ironically by a completely different woman. But personally I think theres a big different between inept out of control bad, and playing along bad :phelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763679557322734420noreply@blogger.com