• Film

Obsession

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Time Out says

Schrader and De Palma's tribute to Hitchcock's Vertigo may lack the misogyny and bloodbath sensationalism of De Palma's later work, but it's still dressed up in a mortifyingly vacuous imitation of the Master's stylistic touches. Virtuoso gliding camera movements do not necessarily a good film make. The main problem with the film, in fact, is the excruciatingly slow pace; although if you've seen Vertigo, the story itself - of a businessman haunted by guilt about his wife's death, and getting involved years later with her lookalike - will fail to yield the narrative surprises and suspense required in a thriller.

Release Details

  • Duration:98 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:Brian De Palma
  • Screenwriter:Paul Schrader
  • Cast:
    • Sylvia Williams
    • Stanley J Reyes
    • Cliff Robertson
    • Nick Krieger
    • Genevieve Bujold
    • Wanda Blackman
    • John Lithgow
    • Patrick McNamara
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