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Sisters - Criterion Collection
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781559409087
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1559409088
Label: Criterion
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Criterion
MPN: DCC1559D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 03, 2000
Running Time: 92 minutes
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: March 27, 1973
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Editorial Review:
Sisters is not Brian De Palma's first film, but in many ways it is the first Brian De Palma film, or at least the first to reveal (and revel in) his affinity with Hitchcock. A pre-Superman Margot Kidder struggles with a French-Canadian accent as an aspiring actress whose one-night stand leads to a homicidal morning-after. Jennifer Salt is a reporter with more moxie than tact or skill who sees the killing from her apartment window across the way. When the police fail to turn up any evidence of the crime, Salt investigates with a private eye (the hilariously relentless Charles Durning), uncovering the secret story of a pair of Siamese twins and a weaselly, stalker doctor. It's a mystery simmering in a stew of voyeurism, guilt, sex, and obsession. De Palma borrows from Rear Window, Psycho, and Vertigo (as well as Roman Polanski's Repulsion), and composer Bernard Herrmann quotes from his own Hitchcock scores (notably Psycho) for the unsettling music, but the result is more original than you might imagine. Laced with dark humor, inventive technique, and impressive technical precision (the split-screen sequences are breathtakingly effective), De Palma flexes his cinematic muscles with thrilling results, right down to the mordantly wry conclusion. De Palma graduated to big-budget thrillers, but this modest little production remains one of his sharpest, slyest, most engrossing films. Long available only in pallid video transfers, the Home Vision/Criterion letterboxed restoration is bright, clear, and beautiful. --Sean Axmaker
Margot Kidder is Danielle, a beautiful model separated from her Siamese twin, Dominique. When a hotshot reporter (Jennifer Salt) suspects Dominique of a brutal murder, she becomes dangerously ensnared in the sisters' insidious sibling bond. A scary and stylish paean to female destructiveness, De Palma's first foray into horror voyeurism is a stunning amalgam of split-screen effects, bloody birthday cakes, and a chilling score by frequent Hitchcock collaborator Bernard Herrmann. Criterion is proud to present Sisters in a new Special Edition.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Does your sister have issues like this?
This is a great film! Although the acting is a bit rough for a few characters I found myself drawn into the story line. We have Danielle Breton (Margot Kidder) has a one-night stand with a black TV-game show player. The morning after, he is killed by Danielle's psycho twin sister, Dominique Blanchion. But Grace Collier (Jennifer Salt), an aspiring journalist, sees everything from her flat across the street. Things get even uglier when the journalist starts following Danielle and his strange ex-husband, ... Read More
Rating: - DePalma's Psychotic Siamese Sisters...
In 1973, after spending the last few years making great independant films like "Murder a La Mod", "The Wedding Party", "Greetings", and "Hi, Mom!", Brian Depalma was put on the map as the new Master Of Suspense with his first 'mainstream' film, "Sisters", a very demented, deranged, twisted, psychological horror film that rivals even the best of todays top thrillers. He uses themes that would continue throughout his career in this film: The doppleganger, split personalities, multiple personality disorder(s), ... Read More
Rating:  - Siamese Twins with a French-Canadian Twist
Watching the 'Special Features' section on Siamese Twins on the DVD, they make it look like the director wanted to pay homage to Siamese Twins in general. However, this film is far from it. If you always thought of Siamese Twins as sort of freaky/weird, then heres your chance to think of them as functionally delusional and hysterically dysfunctional as well. In this case, this works for the movie, but in real life does a disservice to the noble, yet troubled life plaguing many real life Siamese Twins.
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Rating: - I love ya sis, but please quit killing my boyfriends...
Piercing through the cinematic skin, Depalma's artistry bleeds on the screen in chilling and stylistic fashion. He probes deep into your mind and stuns your senses with this twisted murder mystery. I'm sure it's been said before, but you just can't help but think "Hitchcock" when watching this story unfold.
Looking through a window, a news reporter witnesses a murder from across the street. She calls the cops, but no evidence or body is found at the scene of the crime. The reporter eventually suspects ... Read More
Rating: - I saw a murder, and I'm going to prove it! ....But there was no body because there was no murder
"Sisters"(1973) - written/directed by Brain DePalma, terrifying but at times funny and always very effective thriller/horror about a murder committed by a beautiful model Danielle Breton - or was it her once-conjoined twin sister Dominique? Or was there any murder at all? Reporter Grace Collier is absolutely sure it was because she saw it by her own eyes from the apartment across the street and she calls to the police at once. Police officers find no evidence whatsoever and Grace decides to investigate the murder ... Read More
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