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Staring:
Margot Kidder,
Jennifer Salt,
Charles Durning,
William Finley,
Lisle Wilson
Director:
Brian De Palma
Average Customer Rating:  
List Price: $29.95
Our Price: $18.53
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 9781559409087
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1559409088
Label: Criterion
Manufacturer: Criterion
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2000-10-03
Running Time: 93
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: 1973-03-27 |
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Description
Margot Kidder is Danielle, a beautiful model separated from her Siamese twin, Dominique. When a hotshot reporter (Jennifer Salt) suspects Dominique of a brutal murder, she becomes dangerously ensnared in the sisters' insidious sibling bond. A scary and stylish paean to female destructiveness, De Palma's first foray into horror voyeurism is a stunning amalgam of split-screen effects, bloody birthday cakes, and a chilling score by frequent Hitchcock collaborator Bernard Herrmann. Criterion is proud to present Sisters in a new Special Edition.
Amazon.com
Sisters is not Brian De Palma's first film, but in many ways it is the first Brian De Palma film, or at least the first to reveal (and revel in) his affinity with Hitchcock. A pre-Superman Margot Kidder struggles with a French-Canadian accent as an aspiring actress whose one-night stand leads to a homicidal morning-after. Jennifer Salt is a reporter with more moxie than tact or skill who sees the killing from her apartment window across the way. When the police fail to turn up any evidence of the crime, Salt investigates with a private eye (the hilariously relentless Charles Durning), uncovering the secret story of a pair of Siamese twins and a weaselly, stalker doctor. It's a mystery simmering in a stew of voyeurism, guilt, sex, and obsession. De Palma borrows from Rear Window, Psycho, and Vertigo (as well as Roman Polanski's Repulsion), and composer Bernard Herrmann quotes from his own Hitchcock scores (notably Psycho) for the unsettling music, but the result is more original than you might imagine. Laced with dark humor, inventive technique, and impressive technical precision (the split-screen sequences are breathtakingly effective), De Palma flexes his cinematic muscles with thrilling results, right down to the mordantly wry conclusion. De Palma graduated to big-budget thrillers, but this modest little production remains one of his sharpest, slyest, most engrossing films. Long available only in pallid video transfers, the Home Vision/Criterion letterboxed restoration is bright, clear, and beautiful. --Sean Axmaker
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Psysters..., 2010-07-02
SISTERS is easily my favorite Brian De Palma film. I love the crazy, twisty plot. Margot Kidder (BLACK CHRISTMAS, AMITYVILLE HORROR) plays her damaged / possibly deranged character to the hilt, being both sympathetic and scary. Jennifer Salt (GARGOYLES) is excellent as the intrepid reporter who knows she's just witnessed a murder. De Palma includes some of his best touches here, like the split screen and shots w/ identical twins in them (the black and white, hypnotic flashback scene is especially effective). If you are a De Palma fan, or if you simply enjoy good psychological thrillers, then SISTERS is essential... P.S.- Watch for Charles Durning (DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW, WHEN A STRANGER CALLS, WHEN A STRANGER CALLS BACK) as a private investigator, and Olympia Dukakis as a bakery worker!...
Great suspense!!!, 2008-11-24
Awesome thriller.
Will remind Hitchcock.
Losely based on some true facts.
Has some intense scenes mid-way when it its all clear to the viewers.
Terrific start. End may not be the best.
A Must watch, buy if you can view thriller again and again.
In the end, a quality work. The way the story unfolds itself is one of the best I have ever seen.
early Brian DePalma, ripping off Hitchcock, still charming, 2010-03-03
This is an early Brian DePalma thriller, back when his ripping off of Hitchcock was still considered charming. A young, very fetching Margot Kidder is under suspicion of a murder that may or may not have been commited by a twin sister she may or may not have. Briskly paced, exciting, and because it was cheaply made, has the feel of a low-rent exploitation flick. Good for fans of PSYCHO, REAR WINDOW, slasher films, and early '70s fashions!
Not bad as a story concept; needed better execution, 2010-03-14
This is a good concept, with conjoined twins being separated physically but not emotionally or mentally. Margot Kidder does a great job as Danielle, whose ex-husband is also the one who treated her surgically. Jennifer Salt is even better as a young reporter who witnesses the twins doing something terrible and takes it upon herself to investigate the matter, putting herself in great danger as a result.
The score is really awful, though, and some of the flashback or hallucinatory scenes are clumsy and just not very effective. These things take away from the film in some ways.
It's decent entertainment for killing an hour and a half.
Twisted Sisters, 2009-02-20
Certainly worth watching, and has some very riveting moments. As very low budget horror films go, it's pretty decent, but it hasn't aged particularly well as a film. Margot Kidder's performance is the best part of the film. I find the homage to Hitchcok wearing at times, and if you compare this to Hitch's contemporary film, Frenzy, De Palma is clearly very much the apprentice. Even so, there's more than enough creepiness to go around here and it's fun to watch, which is a lot more than you can say for many other films.
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