John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: CULT MOVIE REVIEW: Dressed to Kill (1. CULT MOVIE REVIEW: Dressed to Kill (1. Suspense- king Hitchcock is dead. Long live the new King, De Palma." - Forbes, December 2. One might legitimately claim that the jury is still out on the subject of whether films like De Palma's actually induce violence. But can they affect our every actions - say, inhibit the behavior of women, or rouse fears of independence?

Dearth of evidence or no, you will never convince me that those aren't exactly the effects of the films of Brian De Palma." - Zina Klapper, Ms. Magazine, "The Latest in De Palma's Shop of Horrors," January 1. The two quotations above (the first in regards to Dressed to Kill; the second to Body Double [1. Brian De Palma's edgy 1.

I won't keep you in suspense about my position in this matter: I firmly believe that De Palma is an immensely talented, extremely intellectual filmmaker, one who skillfully transports audiences into his dream- like, hypnotic worlds and "makes every move count," as critic Pauline Kael suggested. Kael also wrote, in regards to Dressed to Kill and De Palma,that "his thriller technique, constantly refined, has become insidious, jeweled." ("Master Spy, Master Seducer," The New Yorker. August 4, 1. 98. 0, page 6. I wholeheartedly concur, and would argue that De Palma's films don't incite violence, hatred of women, or a hatred of anyone for that matter. Rather, De Palma carefully and deliberately constructs his thrillers on the building blocks of homage; on sturdy Hitchcockian foundations (notably our sexual foibles and manners). Then, as writer Jake Horsley suggests - - "with a wicked glee and wizardry all his own..

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In other words.. he's having us on; using the latest trends and topics (a Donahue show on transgenders!) as narrative fodder. As I wrote in Horror Films of the 1.

I consider De Palma's Dressed to Kill a filmed "dare" of sorts; one that nastily, brazenly, grotesquely "creeps up" to the edge of social responsibility and acceptability, but then - - finally - - backs away with a tease and a knowing wink. Our prurient interest is acknowledged, excited, and ultimately sated.. In the end, we thus feel tantalized, walloped, wowed and most importantly, amused.. Zina Klappers of the world aside, you don't leave Dressed to Kill wanting to hurt someone; you leave it feeling invigorated because you've been so thoroughly swept up in the film's narrative. This is the inveterate De Palma Method; the trademark manner by which he engages the audience.. But you know what? A horror movie that doesn't transgress, that doesn't break taboos, isn't worth spit.

De Palma's highly formalist thrillers - - and particularly Dressed to Kill - - observe uncomfortable facets of human sexual behavior (male, female, even transgender..), and do so with the intent to manipulate our attention; to manipulate our very sight. De Palma's game is - - like Hitchcock's - - to play us all "like a piano." To fool or trick us; to make us let down our guard so we can truly be "open" (and susceptible..) to the narrative being vetted. As the percipients countenancing his movies, we believe we're seeing one thing when in fact we're being led in an entirely different direction. If De Palma can achieve that misdirection with extreme, jarring violence, he'll do it in a heartbeat.

But gazing across the breadth of his career, he's just as likely to offer a macabre joke, or some other visual gag. Violence, humor, mesmerizing camera movements: these are means to his tricky ends. Much of Brian De Palma's thriller catalogue - - and certainly Dressed to Kill - - may best be understood by the director's oft- stated maxim, what he calls the inverse of Godard's, that "the camera lies 2. If indeed that's his overriding philosophy, consider how efficacious it proves in building a successful movie thriller. De Palma's movies don't simply feature twist endings; don't merely evidence tricky, winding narratives.

No, at a genetic level - - in the language of film grammar itself - - his movies fundamentally trick the eyes. Watch The Italian Job Online Iflix. How does he accomplish this feat?

Well, in Dressed to Kill, it's literally done with mirrors (particularly in regards to one character, Dr. Elliott). De Palma's nervy compositions also frequently feature enigmatic doubles (or triples..) of prominent characters, barely glimpsed. And his dream sequences arise unannounced in the screenplay.. And De Palma's famous, long, curvy, cornering, unbroken shots - - accompanied by a melodramatic score - - can make us swoon. De Palma makes audiences get caught up in the moment so much that.. In other words: he has us right where he wants us.

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I Borrowed Your Razor.. I hope that if you are reading this review, you've seen Dressed to Kill already (and preferably more than once). Because in fashioning a synopsis and analysis here, I will be spoiling the film's various surprises, and this film very much depends on those surprises. Consider yourself warned. Anyway, Dressed to Kill is the story of a sexually- frustrated middle- aged wife and mother, Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson). After a morning appointment with her dispassionate psychiatrist, Dr.

Elliott (Caine), Kate visits the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Once there, she picks up a total stranger and - - after a tense lover's game in the museum's maze- like hallways - - shares a sexual encounter with him in a taxi cab.

After the fling is over, Kate learns (via a letter in her lover's desk from the New York City Department of Health..) that her new partner has contracted a venereal disease. Upset and unnerved, Kate flees his apartment for the elevator, only to recall on descent that she's left behind her wedding ring. Kate heads back to her lover's floor and retrieves the ring. But then Kate is unexpectedly murdered by a razor- wielding Amazon woman: a blonde in sun- glasses and long overcoat. Kate's young- adult son, Peter (Keith Gordon) attempts to solve his mother's brutal murder with the aid of the only witness to the crime's aftermath: a sexy hooker named Liz Blake (Nancy Allen). Along with a police lieutenant, Marino (Dennis Franz), Peter and Liz come to believe that Dr.

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Elliott may be protecting the murderer, perhaps one of his psychotic patients. By night - - in the midst of a deluge - - Liz meets with Dr. Elliott in his office, and attempts to get a peek at his appointment book.. Sexual Worth/Emotional Dysfunction. For The Love Of A Dog Full Movie In English. In many critical senses, Dressed to Kill explicitly concerns the sexuality of the dramatis personae.

At least three primary characters undergo a process of sexual awakening or development in the course of the drama, and the film's stylistic approach is tailored to each character's particular brand of change/maturity/neurosis. First we meet Kate Miller, a married woman who longs for sexual excitement and romance in her humdrum marriage. The film's dazzling and erotic opening scene involves Kate masturbating in the shower as she gazes lustfully at the almost- naked body of her husband nearby. But this sexual fantasy almost immediately goes awry. It is literally hijacked by a man in the shower behind her, forcing himself upon her. At first Kate is tantalized, aroused, but then the love- making grows violent, disturbing.

She screams... and suddenly we're gazing (from a high- angle perspective) down upon Mr. Mrs. Miller in bed as Kate's husband completes one of his "wham bang" specials.. After he has completed the..