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Genre | Horror |
Format | Multiple Formats, Dolby, Anamorphic, Special Edition, Color, AC-3, Widescreen, Closed-captioned, Subtitled, NTSC, Dubbed See more |
Contributor | David Margulies, Michael Caine, Amalie Collier, Mary Davenport, Nancy Allen, Anneka Di Lorenzo, Susanna Clemm, Keith Gordon, Angie Dickinson, Ken Baker, Brian De Palma, Brandon Maggart, Dennis Franz See more |
Language | English, French |
Runtime | 1 hour and 45 minutes |
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To condemn "Dressed to Kill" as a Hitchcock rip-off is to miss the sheer enjoyment of Brian De Palma's delirious 1980 thriller. Hitchcockian homages run rampant through most of De Palma's earlier films, and this one's chock-full of visual quotes, mostly cribbed from "Vertigo" and "Psycho". But De Palma's indulgent depravity transcends simple mimicry to assume a vitality all its own. It's smothered in thickly atmospheric obsessions with sex, dread, paranoia, and voyeurism, not to mention a heavy dose of "Psycho"-like psychobabble about a wannabe transsexual who's compelled to slash up any attractive female who reminds him--the horror!--that he's still very much a man. Angie Dickinson plays the sexually unsatisfied, fortysomething wife who's the killer's first target, relaying her sexual fantasies to her psychiatrist (Michael Caine) before actually living one of them out after the film's celebrated cat-and-mouse sequence in a Manhattan art museum. The focus then switches to a murder witness (De Palma's then-girlfriend Nancy Allen) and Dickinson's grieving whiz-kid son (Keith Gordon), who attempt to solve the murder while staying one step ahead (or so they think) of the crude detective (Dennis Franz) assigned to the case. Propelled by Pino Donaggio's lush and stimulating score, De Palma's visuals provide seductive counterpoint to his brashly candid dialogue, and the plot conceals its own implausibility with morbid thrills and intoxicating suspense. If you're not laughing at De Palma's shameless audacity, you're sure to be on the edge of your seat. "--Jeff Shannon"
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To condemn Dressed to Kill as a Hitchcock rip-off is to miss the sheer enjoyment of Brian De Palma's delirious 1980 thriller. Hitchcockian homages run rampant through most of De Palma's earlier films, and this one's chock-full of visual quotes, mostly cribbed from Vertigo and Psycho. But De Palma's indulgent depravity transcends simple mimicry to assume a vitality all its own. It's smothered in thickly atmospheric obsessions with sex, dread, paranoia, and voyeurism, not to mention a heavy dose of Psycho-like psychobabble about a wannabe transsexual who's compelled to slash up any attractive female who reminds him--the horror!--that he's still very much a man.
Angie Dickinson plays the sexually unsatisfied, fortysomething wife who's the killer's first target, relaying her sexual fantasies to her psychiatrist (Michael Caine) before actually living one of them out after the film's celebrated cat-and-mouse sequence in a Manhattan art museum. The focus then switches to a murder witness (De Palma's then-girlfriend Nancy Allen) and Dickinson's grieving whiz-kid son (Keith Gordon), who attempt to solve the murder while staying one step ahead (or so they think) of the crude detective (Dennis Franz) assigned to the case. Propelled by Pino Donaggio's lush and stimulating score, De Palma's visuals provide seductive counterpoint to his brashly candid dialogue, and the plot conceals its own implausibility with morbid thrills and intoxicating suspense. If you're not laughing at De Palma's shameless audacity, you're sure to be on the edge of your seat. --Jeff Shannon
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- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 1.6 Ounces
- Item model number : 2221912
- Director : Brian De Palma
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Dolby, Anamorphic, Special Edition, Color, AC-3, Widescreen, Closed-captioned, Subtitled, NTSC, Dubbed
- Run time : 1 hour and 45 minutes
- Release date : September 6, 2011
- Actors : Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon, Dennis Franz
- Dubbed: : French
- Subtitles: : Spanish, French
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
- Studio : 20th Century Fox
- ASIN : B00005K3NU
- Writers : Brian De Palma
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #74,032 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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Desperate to find the murderer before anyone else is hurt, Elliott is soon drawn into a dark and disturbing world of chilling desires and as the doctor edges closer to the terrible truth, he finds himself lost in a provocative and deadly maze of obsession, deviance and deceit-- where the most harmless erotic fantasies...can become the most deadly sexual nightmares!
This horror flick also starts out with a skintastic nude scene just like Bryan De Palma's CARRIE did along with the fact that director(Bryan De Palma)was married to Nancy Allen at the time since DePalma and Allen were married from 1979-84.
Additionally, DRESSED TO KILL has a shocking heart-pounding ending to the movie, just like De Palma did at the end of the movie CARRIE when Liz wakes up from a nightmare about Dr. Elliott stalking her to Liz's house trying to kill her while she's taking a shower in her bathroom nude and defenseless which was a tad similar similar to what De Palma did at the end of the movie CARRIE when Sue Snell(Amy Irving)wakes up from a nightmare about the unpopular friendless Carrie White(Sissy Spacek) reaching out of the ground from her grave trying to pull Sue down into the ground with her just before Mrs. Snell comes to comfort her from the ugly dream, just like Kate's computer whiz son Peter Miller(Keith Gordon)comes in to console Liz after waking up from a nasty dream about Dr. Elliott escaping from the mental intitution and slashing her throat to death in Elliott's act of vengence.
Additionally, I also liked watching Nancy Allen, Angie Dickerson, and Michael Caine talking about their experiences in the movie DRESSED TO KILL while looking back on it before and during it's theatrical release in the Summer of 1980 as well along with the fact that Nancy Allen is still looking pretty after all these years, just like she did in the movie CARRIE and DRESSED TO KILL, plus Nancy Allen and Bryan De Palma had explained that they were married at the time DRESSED TO KILL was made and released back then too.
It was also interesting seeing Dennis Franz from NYPD BLUE & HILL STREET BLUES playing the bitter homicide dick(Det. Marino) investigating the murder of Angie Dickenson, even though Dennis Franz didn't seem to be much help to the murder investigation, since Dennis Franz always seems to play the guy you love to hate in just about every role he plays in a movie or a TV show, even when Dennis Franz plays a good guy.
This movie also takes me all the way back to memory lane to when I was 7 years old and still living in the Imperial Valley since I was living in my hometown(El Centro, CA) at the time when DRESSED TO KILL was released in the theatres in the Summer of 1980 and when I saw this movie for the very first time on HBO in April of 1981 along with the fact that DRESSED TO KILL was quite a deliciously nasty movie with plenty of graphic nudity as well as a gory one.
Extras here are quite good for a film that may be more inconsequential to historical appreciation than most film collectors realize. The "Slashing Dressed to Kill" extra goes in depth about the conception, casting, producing, and marketing of the eventual film. Dickinson and Allen are both interviewed here extensively, as is De Palma, and he goes on to discuss his ongoing battle with the censorship board about the extreme content in his films. The theatrical trailer is good, and it is included here. The neatest, if not the most enjoyable, extra is the one that compares the TV cuts and the original R-rated submission footage to that of the newly remastered, unrated cut. You can really get an education in how timid--but sometimes also how right--that the ratings board is in choosing which little bits get cut out of our entertainment movies. I wonder if Pauline Kael got to see the original version or a watered down R-rated print? In any case, the extra punch added to the dialogue makes it all the more sinister for the not-all-that-shocking conclusion (although I believe that "Dressed to Kill" was considered pretty frightening in its day). If the ending offends you--and maybe you didn't like "Carrie all that much--just know that De Palma uses film as a kind of wavering light that never really achieves separation between dreams and reality (and to me, it's not always a "cop out" to use such techniques as long as the movie is not a complete waste of time in itself). While this film does not reach the hysterical heights of satire that pushed both "Sisters" and "Scarface" into the five-star region for me personally, it is nonetheless an enjoyable--if pretty light--suspense genre entry.
A word must also be added about Pino Donaggio's beautiful music score, which is really what makes the Blu Ray transfer worth owning. This title is also available on DVD in the exact same special edition (and with the same content) as the new Blu Ray--I suppose I'm wondering why these weren't included in a combo pack for fans but, ah, the mysteries of the universe...
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Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson), eine sexuell frustriete Ehefrau, sucht den Psychiater Dr.Robert Elliot (Michael Caine) auf, der sich zugegeben von ihr sexuell erregt fühlt, aber ihre Angebote ablehnt.
In einem Museum hat sie eine Verabredung, und nach langem Verfolgen und Verstecken in den Gängen und Räumen fährt sie mit der Verabredung für ein Schäferstundchen in ein Hotel.
Hier hat auch das Callgirl Liz Blake (Nancy Allen) einen Kunden gehabt, und als sie noch einmal zurückkomt, da sie auf dem Zimmer etwas vergessen hat, sieht sie im Aufzug die blutverschmierte und mit zahlreichen Schnittwunden bedeckte Kate, und im Spiegel des Aufzuges kurz eine große blonde Frauengestalt mit Sonnenbrille, in langen Mantel und mit einem blutigen Rasiermesser in der Hand, das nach draußen fällt, als der Aufzug sich schließt. Sie hebt es auf, und der ermittelnde Detective Marino (Dennis Franz) ernennt sie trotz fehlenden Motivs zur Hauptverdächtigen, sie habe 48 Stunden Zeit, ihren Entlastungszeugen, einen Kunden "von auswärts" zu finden, dürfe allerdings die Stadt nicht verlassen (aha!?).
Zusammen mit Kates Sohn Peter Miller (Keith Gordon), einem begabten Elekktronikbastler, begibt sich Liz auf Tätersuche, in deren Rahmen der junge Mann und Liz sich bald sicher sind, dass der Täter aus der Praxis des Psychiaters, der ebenfalls von der Polizei kontaktiert wurde, gekommen sei.
Liz wird unter anderem auch in der U-Bahn von der großen blonden Fau mit langem Mantel, Sonnenbrille und Handschuhen verfolgt und kommt nur knapp davon, am Ende der Ermittlungen ist es nur noch eine Frage von Sekunden, bis das blitzende Rasiermesser in Liz' Fleisch schneidet, aber .... .
Wie in dem Booklet im Media-Book von Film Confect durch den bekannten Filmwissenschafteler Prof.Marcus Stiglegger zu lesen ist, kann der Film dem Genre des Global Giallo zugerechnet werden. man erfährt, wegen Spoilern an besten erst nach Ansehen des Filmes, etwas über die Geschichte und die Charakteristika des aus Italien stammenden Genres. Ganz typische Elemente haben wir auch hier: eine oder auch mehrere schöne Frauen wie hier A.Dickinson und N.Allen. eine Mördergesrtalt im langem Mantel., oft auch Hut, großer Sonnenbrille und Handschuhen, bei dem die Geschlechtszuordnung zunächst unklar bleiben kann, und ein blitzendes Messer als Tatwaffe mit einem drastisch blutig-verletzt gezeigtem Opfer, so auch in "Dressed To Kill"
Ein weiteres Merkmal ist nicht selten, dass eine stringente Logik zugunsten großartiger Bilder mehr oder weniger geopfert wird. davon kann hier nicht unbedingt die Rede sein, aber die mit sexueller Orientierung des Täters zusammenhängenden Motive, Verdrängungsmechanismen und Störungen erscheinen hier plausibel, ob man sie für glaubwürdig hält, sei dahingestelllt.
Was macht jetz die besondere Faszination von DePalmas Film aus?
Da ist schon am Anfang(und nicht zum ersten und letzten Mal in der Filmgeschichte) eine hocherotische, 1980 wohl auch als skandalös empfundene Duschszene (Hitchcock lässt grüßen!) zu sehen, in der Angie Dickinson sich selber stimuliert und fantasiert, einschließlich Streichelns eines traumhaft schönen Busens und Verschwinden von Fingern im Unterleib. Auch eine 49jährige Frau kann nackt noch einen fantastischen Körper zeigen (Sharon Stone , Katja Riemann und Ursina Lardi als Beispiele), aber ich habe den Verdacht, dass hier ein Body-Double zu sehen ist, vielleicht die junge Nancy Allen, die in einer Szene als Liz auch derart aufreizend in Dessous posiert, dass ein "Nipplegate" zu befürchten oder erhoffen ist?
Bis zum Mord im Aufzug vergehen gut 20 Minuten, nicht zwingend für die Handlung erforderlich, aber meisterlich inszeniert und bedeutungsvoll im Sinne des Spiels der Verführung, Annähern und Zurückweichen, fallengelasssener Handschuh, ist die lange Szene, in der Kate im Museum sich mit der Verabredung trifft. Blickkontakte, rasches Verschwinden, unerwartetes Auftauchen hinter einer andere Ecke, ein heimlich aufgehobener von Kate fallengelassener Handschuh, eine Art Katz-und Maus-Spiel mit dem Mann als Maus, der Kate schließlich draußen im Yellow Cab erwartet, mit dem Handschuh winkend.
Weitere großartige Bilder sind zu sehen wie die Flucht von Liz in der U-Bahn, verfolgt von der Frauengestalt und Rettung in letzter Sekunde vor dem gezückten Messer, aber die Duschszene und das Spiel im Museum sind für mich die Szenen und Bilder, die absolut unvergesslich bleiben, die Highlights eines spannenden Psychothrillers, in dem weniger die Ermittlung des Täters als die Verfolgung und Entlarvung und die Bedrohung der Zeugin Liz im Vordergrund stehen, einer blongdelockten Schönheit mit einem fast rauschgoldengelhaften Gesicht.
"Dressed To Kill" erhält von mit 5 hochglanzpolierte Sterne und eine unbedingte Empfehlung und enthält zwei meisterlich gedrehte unvergessliche Szenen.
Doc Halliday