TOD
Not much this week, but:
The first time I saw a Brian De Palma movie was SISTERS on Hollywood Blvd. in early 1973 or whenever it was. I liked it and went back a couple of times, but I never much succeeded in watching it on home video in later years. Something about it just seemed stuck in 1973 for me. I went to his next couple of films and I always enjoyed the thrills, but never 100%. So last night I turned on TCM and there was SISTERS, so I half-watched some of it while beginning to fall asleep. Same reaction. I do like De Palma, but I think I'm pretty much done with his early "Hitchcock thriller" years and all the split-screen and slo-mo. The signature slo-mo in CARRIE even gets to me a little bit, and that's more of a near-perfect movie.