Obsession | | Cast : | Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold | | Director : | Brian De Palma | | Studio : | Columbia/Tristar Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | January 01, 1976 | | DVD Released Date : | June 26, 2001 | | Language : | French (Dubbed), English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 01, 2005 | | Summary | Loved it ! | Content
 | These are the kind of Movies that are not made any longer sad to say .
I loved it when it first came out and love watching it everytime I catch on TV late at night , this is a twist and turn thriller !
Maybe Ill get the DVD now the more I think about it ... |
| Rating | | | Date | June 24, 2005 | | Summary | SPOILER: The "Kinkiest" of DePalma's Hitchcockian thrillers! | Content
| Not much can be added to the already "glowing" critical praise for this much overlooked film from the mid-70's. High points go to stars Robertson, Bujold, and a young John Lithgow, perhaps giving a glimpse of the character actor he would later become. The incestuous implications are a bit disturbing but they do add to the uniqueness of this film.
But, the high point is the score by the late Bernard Herrmann. Though similar to the music the composer did for "Vertigo" and "Psycho," there are enough NEW cues for him to have, deservedly, received an Oscar nod. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 03, 2004 | | Summary | One the Greatest Thrillers, and DePalma's Best | Content
| This Film is just astonishing from start to finish.
It has a stellar cast, some of the best direction ever, and a very haunting , compelling score by Bernard Herrmann.
The story and the climactic ending will probably leave you feeling many different emotions. It did me.
I loved the scenery in the film , the locations, the use of the camera ,all thanks to Mr. Brian DePalma.
This is by far his greatest films, and he has many, but this one just took me by surprise, and tugs at your heartstrings.
I hope you will watch this film and feel the same way as i do about it.
It's one very compelling film, and highly overlooked, but it should not be overlooked, because it is a cinematic treasure.
Yes, it does feel like Vertigo a bit, but it stands on it's own, and is so very different than Vertigo. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 06, 2003 | | Summary | Minor flaws (like the re-written ending), yet great film! | Content
| DePalma's first 'big' like production (Sisters and Hi Mom were more independent 'looking') is a look back to Hitchcock's Vertigo and was a nice break from the Jaws and disaster pics permeating the scene of the mid-70's. Robertson and Bujold are great in the leading roles as husband/father and wife/daughter/mystery woman. Without a doubt memorable for it having one of Bernard Herrmann's last scores (giving him a two score nomination by the acadamy along with Taxi Driver) as Herrmann himself put it "a sort of Faustian painting like feel to it", the scene's in Florence are especially well filmed and the ending with the reunited husband and daughter is fitting. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 23, 2002 | | Summary | Obsession indeed | Content
| As a fan of Brian De Palma and Hitchcock, this film just about does it to me. WOW! |
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