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Obsession (1976)

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Reviews Counted: 14 Fresh: 11  Rotten:3 Average Rating: 6/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Synopsis: Because he agrees to police suggestions that he substitute blank paper for ransom money, a businessman's wife and daughter are killed by their enraged kidnappers. Fifteen years later, the man has still not forgiven himself for what happened, and, while vacationing in Italy, he suddenly... Because he agrees to police suggestions that he substitute blank paper for ransom money, a businessman's wife and daughter are killed by their enraged kidnappers. Fifteen years later, the man has still not forgiven himself for what happened, and, while vacationing in Italy, he suddenly encounters a young woman who is the mirror-image of his dead wife. Is it just coincidence? Could she possibly be his daughter, somehow still alive and fully grown? The guilt-ridden husband becomes obsessed with this ghostly reincarnation, and his passionate pursuit of her leads to surprising revelations about his own past. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, Wanda Blackman, John Lithgow, Sylvia Kuumba Williams

Director: Brian De Palma
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Story: Brian De Palma, Paul Schrader
Producer: George Litto, Harry N. Blum

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 26, 2001

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Mono - English
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Surround 2.0 - English
  • Mono - French

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrial
  • 2. AGAINST ALL ODDS
  • 3. DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS
  • 4. SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME
  • Featurette - 1. OBSESSION REVISITED

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Filmographies - 1. Brian De Palma
  • 2. Cliff Robertson
  • 3. Genevieve Bujold
  • 4. John Lithgow

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3/4

Another of De Palma's fearlessly experimental whims.

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09/03/06
Eric Henderson
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03/18/06
Jake Euker
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01/26/06
Time Out
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In spite of Vilmos Zsigmond's overrrated, overly diffuse photography, this is a surprisingly poignant mystery about love, loss and, well, obsession.

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01/24/06
Chuck O'Leary
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05/09/05
Vincent Canby
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3/5

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04/13/05
Thomas Delapa
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3/4

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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3/5

Solid DePalma, which means it is very mediocre Hitchcock.

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10/15/04
Steve Crum
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09/02/03
Dan Jardine
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05/27/03
Nell Minow
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03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
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01/29/03
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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...[represents] the worst of DePalma's movies (but his worst is still a whole lot better than most directors' best).

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01/10/03
David Nusair
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DePalma as he starts spiralling into sub-Hitchcock.

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11/06/02
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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...Not the deeply felt soul-searcher that is Vertigo.

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07/07/01
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central
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This is the movie not the perfume; its smell is not quite as captivating.

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01/01/00
Dennis Schwartz
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