UW Cinematheque: Brian De Palma Thrills Us!
Body Double | USA | 1984 | DCP | 109 min. Director: Brian De Palma
Event Details
Date
Friday, September 16, 2016
Time
8:45 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Craig Wasson, Gregg Henry, Melanie Griffith
An out-of-work actor with crippling claustrophobia (Wasson) becomes a witness to a horrific crime and enters the world of porno movies to catch the culprit. Not content at being merely an elaborately perverse Vertigo/Rear Window mashup, De Palma finds time to present a sharp satire of Hollywood filmmaking (both mainstream and adult), slip in a Driller Killer homage, and take an intermission to offer up a Frankie Goes to Hollywood music video.
An out-of-work actor with crippling claustrophobia (Wasson) becomes a witness to a horrific crime and enters the world of porno movies to catch the culprit. Not content at being merely an elaborately perverse Vertigo/Rear Window mashup, De Palma finds time to present a sharp satire of Hollywood filmmaking (both mainstream and adult), slip in a Driller Killer homage, and take an intermission to offer up a Frankie Goes to Hollywood music video.
Cost
Free
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