The Fury (1978) Retrospective
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2023
- George discusses Brian DePalma's big budget follow up to Carrie (1976). An uneven film but one that boats some of the greatest set pieces and cinematic ideas in DePalma's oeuvre.
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The Fury has flaws but...I really really liked it. De Palma fan here.
Same, it's hard to dislike it if you know DePalma
After Scanners, The Fury is my favorite ESP thriller from the era. That jittering zoom shot is so unique and memorable.
I really want to talk early Cronenberg but can't decide between The Brood, Scanners, or Videodrome
@@FilmJournal Great picks, but I'd do Rabid! It's a nice, often overlooked example of the Romero-esque "societal collapse" genre that was so popular during the 70s
Thank you. A high standard of content and presentation as usual and this is always appreciated.
Wow! Thanks so much for that
Reliving the best of De Palma via your appreciations - I am reminded how small movies have become. De Palma may have lost popular favor just as movies lost their expansive cinematic language and morphed into high-res digital miniatures. You’re onto something with De Palma’s under-appreciated ideology (convictions) - something that comes full force to the audience’s revulsion with Casualties of War.
Excellent as always
Thanks again!
The Fury is fun and very underrated
Glad you think so and I hope you enjoyed the review!
One of the best themes of all time and one of my favorite movies ever.😍💯❤️👍
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this review to get the word out on one of De Palma's less appreciated efforts. I've been enjoying The Fury since reading Pauline Kael's wildly enthusiastic review for it. The plot is overly complicated, so most of Kirk Douglas' scenes are not nearly as engrossing for me as those with Amy Irving. She does an impressive job in the role. If the film doesn't quite come together as a whole, it at leaat has several jaw-dropping sequences you have identified that make it memorable. It deserves to be more widely known.
Exactly. Irving is great. Kirk coasts on his charisma but his whole adventure sub plot is largely superfluous. I wish maybe he’d have done some investigating about the company etc. rather than just run around evading bad guys the whole time.
Every De Palma is a less appreciated effort.
How exactly does it not come together as a whole considering this subject matter?
Another important factor to note: the long shadow of famed composer Bernard Herrmann. John Williams, a friend of Herrmann's up until his death, was explicitly asked to incorporate elements of his style in the score for "The Fury," and passes the test with flying colors, particularly in his use of harsh brass. Perhaps one of the unfortunate causes of the "De Palma as Diet Hitchcock" narrative is the fact that he was never over the loss of the former Hitchcock collaborator, having worked with him on "Sisters" and "Obsession." The latter film in particular was one of Herrmann's favorite and most personal assignments, and the penultimate before his death. Between Pino Donaggio's subsequent scores for De Palma ("Carrie" having originally been a future Herrmann collab), Williams here, and notorious Herrmann fan Danny Elfman on "Mission: Impossible," one cannot escape the undeniable fact that, had he lived past 1975, Herrmann would've been the man at the podium for every one of De Palma's classic films.
I know The Fury is not a perfect movie, but man, i love it! Love Amy Irving! And DePalma is an amazing director! Great Review!
Totally! Thanks for tuning in
I can still remember when this movie came out and the huge front-of-house billboard poster above the marquee with a glowing light behind the two silhouetted heads. I don't know why I didn't go see it? Maybe it was the lukewarm reviews at the time that put me off? I caught the movie on VHS a few years later and quite enjoyed it. Then I saw it again totally remastered on DVD and thought it was even better than before. For me, John Cassavetes' sinister performance elevates this movie.
Anyhow, great retrospective.
What a great memory! If only to have pictures of that marquee- would be awesome.
@@FilmJournal Sadly not. I did take a Super 8 movie of the orginal Alien '79 marquee with the giant glowing egg though.
I really love this movie. I have seen it so many times. I even read the book.
INCREDIBLE Retrospective on The Fury here! Well thought out, and absolutely LOVE your myriad of deeper dives into the subtext, both psychological, societal & Governmental. I'll never stop wondering how utterly mind-fucked DePalma must have ultimately felt on 911, (given his birthday is on that very day,...) Sure wish someone would ask him about this. Am VERY curious to his takes on this...
Wow thanks so much for the kind words and I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. Did not know DePalma’s birthday was 9/11- seems fitting!
This is not a particularly good movie - it has its moments though. However, everyone always talks about the head bursting scene in Scanners, but no one talks about the ending of this film that really out does it in everyway.
Yeah, not sure why. It’s excellent
Thanks for the video, one of my Fav De Palma films!
Mine too! I appreciated it more after taking in more of his work.
I saw this movie when I was 10, one of the trippiest movies I ever saw. Provocative yet luminescent. If I am speaking toungue in cheek, one could say this was a strange reflection of Ant Man by Michael Dougles. ❤
Interesting analysis of a pretty underrated film. Although muddled and markedly different from the novel by Farris (another ignored but remarkable author) this film received a lot of press at the time, but for its actors, not the movie itself.
I find it mildly interesting, the subplot of Robin and Gillian being psychic "twins", almost conjoined at some level, always destined (or doomed) to be part of each others' lives, was also done quite a bit less successfully, in "Hancock", a much more confusing film regarding this subject.
Hancock! I totally mind wiped that one- but you’re right. Very similar story.
@@FilmJournal one that will be elaborated on, very soon.
The ending of this movie was one of the best ever. 👍
Top 10 for sure.
And after 45 years....
The Fury..... MORE FURIOUS THAN EVER BEFORE ⚠️
So Happy 45th Birthday Anniversary to the 1978 Horror Cult Classic ❤️🤍💙
And Merry Christmas
The very definition of "underrated". I hated this film, but after multiple viewings, I have concluded that the film contains enough elements that ultimately make this brilliant and re-watchable. If you're going to make a failure, at the very least, make an engaging and interesting failure. Which begs the question: Was it? I don't think so. Plus, we get to see Andrew Stevens with his shirt off.
Exactly my sentiments. I saw this maybe 5 years ago and didn’t like it- yet I felt this strange urge to revisit it a year ago and appreciated it in a new light.
I really liked this movie when I first saw it Carrie too and dress to kill and blow out. Blow out talk about sad ending Guess iam a DePalma fan
Welcome to the club baby! Check out my video on Blow Up!
I always think the X MEN film tore pages out of the Carrie & FURY books, BUT it did it well.
Very Xmen style vibes here- even the dueling adults Cassavettes and Douglas kind of occupy Prof. X and Magneto roles.
Even though this movie is a bit of a mess, it's still on my favourites list. Brian's spinning, screen splitting, slow motion keeps me coming back. It's ruined by Kirk's long talky comedic bits (looking at you family / police car hostage scenes) that completely jar with the rest of the film and it's tipping more to the trashy side, but there is enough in there to make a bit of a forgotten gem. I think casting Amy really helped, asides from being good in the role, I was a huge fan of Carrie so that movie took me to this one and she bridged the two nicely along with Brian. I actually went down the street Amy runs down and the shopping mall Esther and Peter meet up in Chicago, about 5 years back, they still look exactly the same !
I have to imagine that the excessive Kirk comedy moments weren't cut back at the behest of Douglas. They are a slog! Great movie though- thanks for watching. If you're interested in more Kirk content check out my review of Saturn 3!
Brian De Palmas Trilogy of Girls 🎥🍿 Spacek. Irving Allen
I'd throw Margot kidder in there. She's an absolute babe in Sisters
All the hard work Peter Sandza does to try and get Robin back (SPOILERS) ...
...Only results in both of them dying. I have always found that scene with Peter dropping Robin to his death and then taking his own life very disturbing and tragic. I love the film, but the John Farris book is such a slog to get through, I had to dnf it, it was also confusing and very dry. Great Review!😀
Yeah, I got about half way through the book. I think Farris was getting paid by the word bc there is some shoe leather there.
The horror element was a lot stronger than the thriller part.
I have a soft spot for this movie, i it on release and loved William’s music, the ideas with the teenagers with powers ( i also read the book) but the Kirk Douglas parts did not work and there was far too many comedic elements in it for me. There were some amazing set pieces thought a an ending that certainly made a big impression.
James Belushi has a walking role in this movie..:)
Big Chicago guy! I was just there recently, trying to make time to find the shooting locations. No dice
Is he related to Louie DePalma on TAXI? Probably too tall.
no, but he directed louie in wise guys (1986).
Never laughed at horror film as much as this one.Especially the ending.Also the guy in the car gets a bullet between his eyes but still moves his hand after that?
At least you were entertained!
The Fury is a mess, but I that's kinda why I love it. Its easily one of the most bonkers and wildly entertaining movies I've ever seen.
Agreed!
You don't know what you're talking about. The box office of The Fury was more than 3 times its budget. The movie was a hit.
after Obsession and Carrie, The Fury was a clunker for me. i agree with "Plenty of Violence and Plenty of Nothing Else" including De Palma's endless slow motion sequences - In Carrie the slow motion dragged on for a little too long, in the Fury it had become laughable.
I like the slo mo sequences but yes- the Fury is a little muddled. thanks for watching!
@@FilmJournal thanks for your hard work. cheers.
You consider the rare cinematic exploration into ESP "Nothing else?"
You are in for a shock.
@@ashleywalker1411 i consider it "nothing else" only when De Palma's involved.
I previously commented here but I suspected I was being too harsh and removed it. I have since rewatched the film and agree it has some incredible sequences and my appreciation for the film has grown and I can see myself revisiting it again in the future. I still think it has flaws, including the casting of Douglas who appears like an older man trying too hard to seem younger (I prefer how a contemporary like Mitchum leaned into his age at this period). I also can never unsee some of the story problems such as *spoilers* Robin falls out of a window early in the film only to survive but later gains the ability to levitate at will and somehow dies falling out a window? Baffling. To your Rian Johnson reference, that is some lax writing on the level of Last Jedi, which includes bombers in a zero graity environment. Baffling.
Wow! Great to hear that my review made you want to re-watch and re-evaluate. That’s huge. The movie has a lot of problems, trust me I know, I didn’t really like it very much the first time I saw it. Thought it was goofy as hell. Only after becoming more familiar with DePalma’s work and style did I revisit
Teenagers who look nearly 30.
I think people looked older back then idk
@@FilmJournal they were natural and not filled with Leviathan spunk and plastic.
A hideous mockery of the Golden ratio.
Who cares about Star Wars? It's for pre pubescent children.