In the beginning of the movie Michael and Amy dance. In the last Michael and Amy look like dancing because of a rotating camera. The same music plays in both scenes. The very last scene shows that Michael and Amy immerse themselves in the memories of when they were happy. When I see the last scene, tears go down on my cheeks.
this ending is what made this movie a classic for me, i got chills when the slo-mo sequence began. batshit insane in the best way, a very surreal and dreamlike climax
Yeah, it is beautifully shot and scored and acted! I don't know if the DP used gauze or a filter or what but it works. Every time I see the movie and get to this part, I always get swept up in the emotions. Crazy and amazing stuff.
Bernard Herrmann went off on such a high note with both Obsession and Taxi Driver in 1976. One of the greatest composers of all time. Rest in peace maestro.
I love the movie “The Night Digger” with Nicholas Clay and Patricia Neal.The beautiful haunting score of Bernard Herrmann coupled with that movie. You might want to watch it. -- but give it a few minutes until “Billy” (Nicholas Clay) enters the scene.
Thank you so much for posting this. I saw this movie as a child, and all I could remember from it was this final scene. I'd been trying to identify the memory for ages.
All these decades later and this final scene always tears me up. ---- coupled with Bernard Herrmann’s Soundtrack. Cliff Robertson didn’t get it until the last moment that she was Amy is daughter -- and stupid me -- neither did I.
That’s the beauty of the scene and the acting. You can tell by his facial expressions that he is still obsessed with his wife, he wants to kiss her, but hesitates, it finally dawns on him that she is his daughter. Very haunting and beautiful at the same time. The scene is just phenomenal in my opinion. Genevieve is magnificent in the role. She should at least been nominated for the academy award.
I remember watching this movie probably 20 years ago. I thought it was a very interesting movie and anyone who loves Hermann will enjoy his stylings on this film. This was during the height of DePalma's "I'm going to shamelessly rip off Hitchcock" phase of his career. I still enjoyed his movies, as part of the fun were the visual references to Hitchcock's work. Like this scene, for instance, comes almost directly from the "Judy becomes Maddie" scene in "Vertigo", even the spinning camerawork.
When Judy slowly steps out of that green neon haze towards him, that is cinema magic. And the music just amplifies the emotions of both characters. Both characters have sold something very precious in order to gain some kind of love. It's a really sad story, very screwed up what they do to each other.
The suspense of this scene had me grabbing the arms of my chair the first time I saw it. Probably my favorite De Palma film. Not a fan of diffused light but everyone was doing it in the 70s.
Fun fact: On September 11, 2001, Cliff Robertson was flying in a private aircraft 7500 feet directly above the World Trade Center. When the first hijacked plane crashed into the North Tower, air traffic control told Robertson to land his aircraft at the nearest airport. He landed safely. Fun fact #2: Robertson passed away on September 10, 2011, just one day after his 88th birthday and just one day before the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
First film I saw the great John Lithgow. Very underrated Brian De Palma gem. And that Bernard Hermann score.....oof! Edit: He would've worked with De Palma again for *"Carrie."*
In 1982 or 1983 iraqi TV channel 1 showed this movie since a program named Cinema library every Sunday night in a week . But I was 9 years old I was not understand good the story and maked in my head strange thing I was thinking about it more than one time I was thinking how I found this movie when I watched in my childhood Iam now happy because I found it was obsession for me with best wishes and thanks to your channel Hamid from germany .
I can still see Jimmy Stewart standing there “aghast” in the end scene. It’s emblazoned in my brain from childhood. That’s what Hitchcock can do to a person.
I'm not sure De Palma so much as 'shamelessly rips off' Hitchcock in this (and his other greatest film, 'Blow Out' - which smashes Antonioni into HItch) as he offers a through line from Robert Aldrich to Q. Tarrantino. He gives a luxurious, romantic patina to the 'Guignol' cruelties of Aldrich while forecasting the filmic allusions and intertextualities of Tarrantino. He not so much rips off Hitchcock as he proffers the notion that someone can still makes films like that (in the 70s) and still have them create a cinematic energy unlike anything else.
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In the beginning of the movie Michael and Amy dance.
In the last Michael and Amy look like dancing because of a rotating camera.
The same music plays in both scenes.
The very last scene shows that Michael and Amy immerse themselves in the memories of when they were happy.
When I see the last scene, tears go down on my cheeks.
this ending is what made this movie a classic for me, i got chills when the slo-mo sequence began. batshit insane in the best way, a very surreal and dreamlike climax
Yes, we have this ending because of Bernard Herrmann. The original ending in the script was far more sillier.
Yeah, it is beautifully shot and scored and acted! I don't know if the DP used gauze or a filter or what but it works. Every time I see the movie and get to this part, I always get swept up in the emotions. Crazy and amazing stuff.
Bernard Herrmann went off on such a high note with both Obsession and Taxi Driver in 1976. One of the greatest composers of all time. Rest in peace maestro.
I love the movie “The Night Digger” with Nicholas Clay and Patricia Neal.The beautiful haunting score of Bernard Herrmann coupled with that movie. You might want to watch it. -- but give it a few minutes until “Billy” (Nicholas Clay) enters the scene.
@@lilybond6485 Awesome! I’ll definitely check this out. Thanks for the recommendation
@Dinitha: You might not like it. It’s from - I believe 1971. I like off beat movies. Never thought I could fall in love with a serial killer.
Bernard Herrmann's score is so majestic and beautiful in this final scene which ends using the Vertigo-inspired spinning around the couple shot.
I know. I love it !
Thank you so much for posting this. I saw this movie as a child, and all I could remember from it was this final scene. I'd been trying to identify the memory for ages.
All these decades later and this final scene always tears me up. ---- coupled with Bernard Herrmann’s Soundtrack. Cliff Robertson didn’t get it until the last moment that she was Amy is daughter -- and stupid me -- neither did I.
That’s the beauty of the scene and the acting. You can tell by his facial expressions that he is still obsessed with his wife, he wants to kiss her, but hesitates, it finally dawns on him that she is his daughter. Very haunting and beautiful at the same time. The scene is just phenomenal in my opinion. Genevieve is magnificent in the role. She should at least been nominated for the academy award.
I remember watching this movie probably 20 years ago. I thought it was a very interesting movie and anyone who loves Hermann will enjoy his stylings on this film. This was during the height of DePalma's "I'm going to shamelessly rip off Hitchcock" phase of his career. I still enjoyed his movies, as part of the fun were the visual references to Hitchcock's work. Like this scene, for instance, comes almost directly from the "Judy becomes Maddie" scene in "Vertigo", even the spinning camerawork.
When Judy slowly steps out of that green neon haze towards him, that is cinema magic. And the music just amplifies the emotions of both characters. Both characters have sold something very precious in order to gain some kind of love. It's a really sad story, very screwed up what they do to each other.
And I instantly need counseling. 😂
The suspense of this scene had me grabbing the arms of my chair the first time I saw it. Probably my favorite De Palma film. Not a fan of diffused light but everyone was doing it in the 70s.
Fun fact: On September 11, 2001, Cliff Robertson was flying in a private aircraft 7500 feet directly above the World Trade Center. When the first hijacked plane crashed into the North Tower, air traffic control told Robertson to land his aircraft at the nearest airport. He landed safely.
Fun fact #2: Robertson passed away on September 10, 2011, just one day after his 88th birthday and just one day before the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Hmmmm -- these comments are very interesting.
@@lilybond6485 Certainly gives credence to the "no such thing as coincidence"
I'm trying to find the fun in these fun facts but it's escaping me. And I see no connections there with the movie Obsession either.
He loved flying
And they lived happily ever after!
I don’t know about that. They’re going to need a LOT of therapy.😢
Bellissimo film ❤️
And with one of the most emotionally moving endings it’s ever been my good fortune to see. 💓
First film I saw the great John Lithgow. Very underrated Brian De Palma gem. And that Bernard Hermann score.....oof!
Edit: He would've worked with De Palma again for *"Carrie."*
Carrie (1976) featured the score of Pino Donaggio, and a fantastic one at that.
In 1982 or 1983 iraqi TV channel 1 showed this movie since a program named Cinema library every Sunday night in a week . But I was 9 years old I was not understand good the story and maked in my head strange thing I was thinking about it more than one time I was thinking how I found this movie when I watched in my childhood Iam now happy because I found it was obsession for me with best wishes and thanks to your channel Hamid from germany .
This last scene always make me wonder what a Brian DePalma Shining movie might have looked like
In my opinion DePalma actually topped Hitchcock with this movie. It’s actually better than Vertigo. Just my opinion
Obsession is a masterpiece, but vertigo is maybe the best film ever made.
I can still see Jimmy Stewart standing there “aghast” in the end scene. It’s emblazoned in my brain from childhood. That’s what Hitchcock can do to a person.
Nothing tops Vertigo.
Without context this is such a wholesome scene
I'm not sure De Palma so much as 'shamelessly rips off' Hitchcock in this (and his other greatest film, 'Blow Out' - which smashes Antonioni into HItch) as he offers a through line from Robert Aldrich to Q. Tarrantino. He gives a luxurious, romantic patina to the 'Guignol' cruelties of Aldrich while forecasting the filmic allusions and intertextualities of Tarrantino. He not so much rips off Hitchcock as he proffers the notion that someone can still makes films like that (in the 70s) and still have them create a cinematic energy unlike anything else.
Well put!😊
Does anyone know how he got a gun through airport security and metal checkpoints?.
Times were different. There wasn’t as much security in airports back then.
@@joshruffner6453 I knew someone that regularly smuggled cocaine aboard airplanes.
It was a joke.
What is this movie about?
Sleeping with your daughter.
@@jaysee2141 What the heck???
@@feliciakidd9358 real. Watch this or Oldboy sometime
@@jaysee2141 😆😆😆😆😆😆
An absurd final scene but that score certainly delivers.