I've always appreciated how diverse he is as a director. Going to Carrie to Scarface to body double to casualties of war and so on is really impressive.
De Palma's movies caught my attention in a startling way. He wasn't restrained by criticism and made some great films. I was pleased when he received widespread appreciation with Carrie and The Untouchables. I wanted his recognition, possibly more than he. Body Double was my first experience with his work and it was striking.
I remember this movie from the very 80's, when I was nearly a teen, almost a teen. It impressed me so much, the fancy lady, the beautiful mansion, the fancy city in California (I lived in Brazil). I remember it like it was yesterday, it's hard to forget when it had such an impression on me (even though it was so long ago). Watching movies at home in the 80s was so delicious and cozy for my teen person.
Me too. I loved Montgomery Ward, Sears and Zayers back in the 80's when you truly had department stores where you could buy everything you needed and malls with great anchor stores were great. Now its Tesla stores, high priced restaurants and just clothing. We had such a treasure trove that we lost. Sad to see, but I guess that's the way the world is heading. Soon there will be no more movie theaters, Blu-rays and 4-Ks everything will have its convenience at home without the charm of going out.
Sorry if someone else pointed this out already, but the twist/ reveal RE: the indigenous character adds another layer on the critique of Hollywood itself. We are led to believe that The Indigenous Man is the bad guy, but when the mask comes off we see who the real villain is, in the movie and in Hollywood, and he ain't an indigenous man. Brilliant film. Ahead of the times in many ways.
@@movies-songs SPOILERS: He's trapped in the pit and imagines he's back on the set where he froze and got fired. But this time he forces himself to ACT and grabs the spade. The dog comes after him, but he ducks and they go over into the water. Holly wakes, gets out, and falls back in the pit, and won't come out. Eventually she becomes his partner and possibly due to the celebrity of the case, he returns to making the B-movie vampire film. His actress has to step out, and they use a body double to do the topless scene in the shower. "You'll get a lot of dates," Holly says to the original actress since men will presume it is her body. Sam hired Holly to do a dance when Jake would be watching, as a body double for his wife, Gloria, who also saw an "Indigenous" man watching the dance from a utility pole. He stole her purse in front of Jake dressed as the "Indigenous" man to get her key-card to the house. He then killed his his wife, and tried to use Jake as a witness to the "Indigenous" man killing his wife. But as he says at the end, "The dog didn't bark" or attack the intruder, but did attack Jake when he showed up at the house. The only plot hole is the police didn't show Jake a picture of Gloria's husband, Sam. In which case, he would have told them he knew Sam, who had put him up in the house to watch his house and wife and the murder.
@@sandal_thongIn 1984 it’s highly unlikely that police would be able to quickly come up with a photo of Gloria’s husband unless she had photos of him around the house. Doubtful she would if the two were separated and he was slapping her around/stealing from her. Not a plot hole.
I see some Vertigo Shoots here,mate but the suspense has to be the giallo thing in terms narrative both blends so well and if you love this genre is so fucking delicious
sarah silverman that's them reason why I'm couldn't find this movie cuz I thought the same thing but I was watching nightmare on elm street 3 and there this actor was, looked for he's work and here I I'm I've seen this movie back in the 90s but couldn't remember the name,at least I know someone else thinks he looks like bill..
When the tall slender attractive vamp in the lingerie store calls security because of Jake's blatant peeping tom action the security guy looks as if he is bored to death. He appears to be tired of the tall girls steady calls for him to shoo away voyeurs and window shoppers. The security guy doesn't like playing the heavy in petty situations, in fact doing so embarrasses him. Brian De Palma's films are loaded with interesting little bits of reality.
A truly fantastic film but probably one that can only be appreciated by proper film obsessives and fans of De Palma's catalogue as a whole. Most people laugh at the illogic of the plot... when that's really the whole point; the artifice. A total classic.
@@movies-songs Everything was real, the ending is him going back to his job on the film he was fired from... it doesn't make much sense, but then again, it's a meant as a parody of movies.
If I had him in front of Brian de Palma, I would not hesitate to ask him if he was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock when filming this movie ... because of the great burden of "surrealism", an "idyllic" movie decorated with incredible music that accentuates the suspense of the film. .and I don't want to forget the beautiful Deborah Shelton and that iconic song from the 80's' Frankie Goes to Hollywood..Relax..They don't make movies like that anymore..a shame ..
@@TheTallMan50 You are right.I was in LA many years ago.I was in the bus number 4 heading toward Santa Monica.Downtown and Beverly Hills are two countries.Even the asphalt is different.
@@filmfestdistribution6452 but he's NOT Native American - it's the white husband in disguise so Scully thinks someone else is the killer when he witnesses the murder
Ana De Armas would be much better, same alluring, dark beauty. But as I'm sick and tired of remakes, they shouldn't touch it. Something inspired would be cool tho.
I never saw the menacing villain/purse snatcher/killer as "indigenous" until later in the movie when someone (one of the cops?) off-handedly refers to him as an "Indian." He just looked like Freddy Krueger to me -- grotesquely disfigured, possibly a burn victim. Yes, De Palma quite publicly announced that, after his terrible experience with "Scarface" that he was making this one with the intention of blowing the lid off the MPAA ratings system...
LOL, not sure how it is a "racist" depiction. He made him look like an Indian because it is not a white blond husband. It is very hard to connect that one is the other with makeup like that. Needs to be 20% less SJW.
Interesting, although what is missing from this analysis is narrative context, and how that adds further layers of ambiguity to Jake's actions. The viewer knows that Jake is following in his car because he has already seen the disfigured 'indigenous' character first observing, and then following Gloria when she drives to the mall. So for the viewer Jake is as much a guardian angel as voyeur. Also, it becomes clear when the scene moves to the beach that Gloria is aware that Jake was following her, which adds another layer of ambiguity to the panties and changing-room curtain scene at the lingerie store.
I love this movie, but I always found it hilarious how she doesn't notice she is being followed when the protagonist is literally a meter away from her .
No, she notices. If the scene continued we would have seen her put her bag in a bin, from which he retrieves her undies. Then on the beach, the other stalker steals her purse, and Jake pursues him until he leads him through a tunnel he can't follow because of his claustrophobia.
It exists in the movie, but it doesn't mean the film itself is racist or misogynistic. It's a critique on how Hollywood itself can be sexist and racist, especially highlighted in the porn industry shown to us
This is why I never went to film school - It's fucking pointless and boring, and the teachers are over critical, analytical, and pretentious (only second to psychology) - How about you just pay attention to the movie? OK You did that... Cool
Body Double is my favorite of his work. I am offended by the feminist interpretation of "object" and "ridiculous". Film should not be held to the standards of moral purity, or the church, or the academics, or the critics, or the feminists, or even reality. Film at its purest is fetishistic. Film, like art, t is about desire. It is about the excesses of reality, realms that realism cannot contain. I find nothing ridiculous or wrong about male desire. Rather, to mock male desire is sex shaming.
SPOILER ALERT the indigenous man wasn't indigenous - he was with woman's husband in disguise so Scully would think that he kills her and give the husband an alibi
De Palma is in my top 3 directors of all time. As famous as he is, he’s still very much underrated.
Tottally agreed, it's crazy he has never been nominated for an oscar for Best director, nor one of his movies for Best picture
I've always appreciated how diverse he is as a director. Going to Carrie to Scarface to body double to casualties of war and so on is really impressive.
..... Underrated yet brilliant and so creative.
he hasn’t had a big hit since ‘Mission Impossible’. .. actually his last film I saw in Japan but he disowned it..
He gets a lot of hate idk why
De Palma's movies caught my attention in a startling way. He wasn't restrained by criticism and made some great films. I was pleased when he received widespread appreciation with Carrie and The Untouchables. I wanted his recognition, possibly more than he. Body Double was my first experience with his work and it was striking.
One of my favourite ever films.
A wonderful and fantastic movie!
This film is just incredibly ironic and darkly comical which may go unnoticed by people who don't see much sense in it. It's a postmodern masterpiece.
I remember this movie from the very 80's, when I was nearly a teen, almost a teen. It impressed me so much, the fancy lady, the beautiful mansion, the fancy city in California (I lived in Brazil). I remember it like it was yesterday, it's hard to forget when it had such an impression on me (even though it was so long ago). Watching movies at home in the 80s was so delicious and cozy for my teen person.
This is a wonderful comment.
Awesome movie by Brain De Palma and the theme is ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Vastly underrated film.
For some reason Wasson's "yeah, okay" into a dead telephone always cracks me up
I miss when we had nice malls like this.
Before online shopping
Me too. I loved Montgomery Ward, Sears and Zayers back in the 80's when you truly had department stores where you could buy everything you needed and malls with great anchor stores were great. Now its Tesla stores, high priced restaurants and just clothing. We had such a treasure trove that we lost. Sad to see, but I guess that's the way the world is heading. Soon there will be no more movie theaters, Blu-rays and 4-Ks everything will have its convenience at home without the charm of going out.
I miss when we had nice MOVIES like this.
Acting, camera, music... What a scene! ❤
Sisters is my favorite DePalma film, with pre-Lois Lane Margot Kidder
One of his best movies
If its good enough for Patrick Batement to rent 32 times, its good enough for me.
It's that drill scene...gets ya every time. Just pray the clerks at the video store don't get too suspicious.
Oh SURE. If you hate women and love violence. I couldn’t stop screaming and crying when I first saw it back then. I’ve never seen it since.
Would love to see this same analysis on the Frankie Goes to Hollywood scene.
"Relax" "Don't Do It"
This movie is so underrated, a true masterpiece of cinema
Really interesting, thanks for posting.
Sorry if someone else pointed this out already, but the twist/ reveal RE: the indigenous character adds another layer on the critique of Hollywood itself. We are led to believe that The Indigenous Man is the bad guy, but when the mask comes off we see who the real villain is, in the movie and in Hollywood, and he ain't an indigenous man. Brilliant film. Ahead of the times in many ways.
Can u expain endimg scene please? I m so confused. Was everything dream? Or real? I dont understand ending shower scene. Please help me
@@movies-songs SPOILERS: He's trapped in the pit and imagines he's back on the set where he froze and got fired. But this time he forces himself to ACT and grabs the spade. The dog comes after him, but he ducks and they go over into the water. Holly wakes, gets out, and falls back in the pit, and won't come out.
Eventually she becomes his partner and possibly due to the celebrity of the case, he returns to making the B-movie vampire film. His actress has to step out, and they use a body double to do the topless scene in the shower. "You'll get a lot of dates," Holly says to the original actress since men will presume it is her body.
Sam hired Holly to do a dance when Jake would be watching, as a body double for his wife, Gloria, who also saw an "Indigenous" man watching the dance from a utility pole. He stole her purse in front of Jake dressed as the "Indigenous" man to get her key-card to the house. He then killed his his wife, and tried to use Jake as a witness to the "Indigenous" man killing his wife. But as he says at the end, "The dog didn't bark" or attack the intruder, but did attack Jake when he showed up at the house.
The only plot hole is the police didn't show Jake a picture of Gloria's husband, Sam. In which case, he would have told them he knew Sam, who had put him up in the house to watch his house and wife and the murder.
@@sandal_thongIn 1984 it’s highly unlikely that police would be able to quickly come up with a photo of Gloria’s husband unless she had photos of him around the house. Doubtful she would if the two were separated and he was slapping her around/stealing from her. Not a plot hole.
Name one film in the past 50 years where a non-white man is the bad guy. Not a 'cool' bad guy, but an irredeemably Evil one, ala Hannibal Lecter
De Palma is the master of suspense and cinema.
This sequence is more Giallo inspired than Hitchcock in my opinion. This whole movie has a very italian influence.
That's even more true of Dressed to Kill (the best giallo ever, in my opinion).
Yes to you, and Nuwan - What did you guys think of After Hours?
I see some Vertigo Shoots here,mate
but the suspense has to be the giallo thing in terms narrative
both blends so well and if you love this genre is so fucking delicious
This movie reminds me a lot of rear window.
@@nuwanliyanage5684. Not enough killings to be a “best giallo,” IMHO.
The beach scene after is one of my favorite scenes of all time.....Craig Wasson was great...
I'm thinking how the camera spins around them as they kiss, before she says she can't go any further.
Peliculon no me canso de verla el director es uno de los mejores y tiene un argumento estupendo y los actores son barbaros es de brian de palma
Wasson's character is one of the worst stalkers ever. XD
do you mean worse as in in good ?
"Security please. Would you please come over to Bellini's. l think we have a problem".
@KenSerpico5450 That is actress and model Salvitza Jovan who portrayed Gozer the Gorzerian in Ghostbusters the same year as Body Double. 🤗🎥👻🎬
@@SuperMarioBrosIII
Yes!!!.
Inspired in Vertigo.
bill maher was brilliant !
sarah silverman that's them reason why I'm couldn't find this movie cuz I thought the same thing but I was watching nightmare on elm street 3 and there this actor was, looked for he's work and here I I'm I've seen this movie back in the 90s but couldn't remember the name,at least I know someone else thinks he looks like bill..
sarah silverman Yup, I also thought for years that Bill Mahr was in this movie. I always referred to him as "that fool in Body Double."
nightmare on elm street 3
Craig Wasson and Bill Maher do share a striking resemblance to one another.
They may look strongly alike but Wasson is far more engaging. :p
DePalma is the Greatest.
Craig should have become a Big Star.
Oh, that menace!
When the tall slender attractive vamp in the lingerie store calls security because of Jake's blatant peeping tom action the security guy looks as if he is bored to death. He appears to be tired of the tall girls steady calls for him to shoo away voyeurs and window shoppers. The security guy doesn't like playing the heavy in petty situations, in fact doing so embarrasses him. Brian De Palma's films are loaded with interesting little bits of reality.
True! Very true said!😎🙈🙉🙊👺👽💀👅👄👀
Ok, even though by today's standards, the voyeurism would be considered very grave, not in the 80s at all, though
Homage
1. One director ripping off another director's style.
2. Anything by Brian DePalma
A truly fantastic film but probably one that can only be appreciated by proper film obsessives and fans of De Palma's catalogue as a whole. Most people laugh at the illogic of the plot... when that's really the whole point; the artifice. A total classic.
Can u explain ending scene pls? I'm so confused. Was everything dream? Or real? What is for ending shower scene?
@@movies-songs Everything was real, the ending is him going back to his job on the film he was fired from... it doesn't make much sense, but then again, it's a meant as a parody of movies.
@@SquabbleBoxHQ Thanks for your reply.
Nice job
If I had him in front of Brian de Palma, I would not hesitate to ask him if he was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock when filming this movie ... because of the great burden of "surrealism", an "idyllic" movie decorated with incredible music that accentuates the suspense of the film. .and I don't want to forget the beautiful Deborah Shelton and that iconic song from the 80's' Frankie Goes to Hollywood..Relax..They don't make movies like that anymore..a shame ..
It's obviously influenced by Rear Window and Vertigo.
4:42 Gozer the Gozarian?
Brian Sager lol
Brian Sager Good Evening!!
I said the same thing lol
Yes, that is indeed Slavitza Jovan, who played Gozer.
nice catch!
Where is that mall?.
It's the Rodeo Collection Mall in Beverly Hills.
@@TheTallMan50
Thank you so much!!!.
@@anibalcesarnishizk2205 Super nice place to shop but out of reach for the middle class.
@@TheTallMan50
You are right.I was in LA many years ago.I was in the bus number 4 heading toward Santa Monica.Downtown and Beverly Hills are two countries.Even the asphalt is different.
How was using a 'Native American' racist?
Because yet again, the native American image is presented as a villainous one in a predominantly white world.
@@filmfestdistribution6452 Yeah so a non-white villain is always a product of racism
@@kylequincy1761 Hi Kyle. To answer your question - no. Re-read our previous comment for a clearer answer. Thanks.
Reminds me of Injun Joe in Tom Sawyer.
@@filmfestdistribution6452 but he's NOT Native American - it's the white husband in disguise so Scully thinks someone else is the killer when he witnesses the murder
awesome
If they ever remake this movie they should cast Dua Lipa as Gloria
Ana De Armas would be much better, same alluring, dark beauty. But as I'm sick and tired of remakes, they shouldn't touch it. Something inspired would be cool tho.
I never saw the menacing villain/purse snatcher/killer as "indigenous" until later in the movie when someone (one of the cops?) off-handedly refers to him as an "Indian." He just looked like Freddy Krueger to me -- grotesquely disfigured, possibly a burn victim. Yes, De Palma quite publicly announced that, after his terrible experience with "Scarface" that he was making this one with the intention of blowing the lid off the MPAA ratings system...
Is there a way to see this in text?
LOL, not sure how it is a "racist" depiction. He made him look like an Indian because it is not a white blond husband. It is very hard to connect that one is the other with makeup like that. Needs to be 20% less SJW.
Interesting, although what is missing from this analysis is narrative context, and how that adds further layers of ambiguity to Jake's actions.
The viewer knows that Jake is following in his car because he has already seen the disfigured 'indigenous' character first observing, and then following Gloria when she drives to the mall. So for the viewer Jake is as much a guardian angel as voyeur.
Also, it becomes clear when the scene moves to the beach that Gloria is aware that Jake was following her, which adds another layer of ambiguity to the panties and changing-room curtain scene at the lingerie store.
*que hace freddy krugger aca?*
I like this video, other than the part where you gotta whine about "problematic" depictions of "indigenous" peoples
I love this movie, but I always found it hilarious how she doesn't notice she is being followed when the protagonist is literally a meter away from her .
No, she notices. If the scene continued we would have seen her put her bag in a bin, from which he retrieves her undies. Then on the beach, the other stalker steals her purse, and Jake pursues him until he leads him through a tunnel he can't follow because of his claustrophobia.
@@sandal_thong Yes, she does question Jake later after her purse is stolen by the Indian, I mean Sam I mean Alexander Revell LOL!
A man watching a woman - HOW MISOGYNISTIC!!!!!
Bill Maher's only movie
Only a fool would find "misogyny" and "racism" in this movie.
I LOVE this film but not quite sure i agree. Feels more complicated
It exists in the movie, but it doesn't mean the film itself is racist or misogynistic. It's a critique on how Hollywood itself can be sexist and racist, especially highlighted in the porn industry shown to us
This is why I never went to film school - It's fucking pointless and boring, and the teachers are over critical, analytical, and pretentious (only second to psychology) - How about you just pay attention to the movie? OK You did that... Cool
Body Double is my favorite of his work. I am offended by the feminist interpretation of "object" and "ridiculous". Film should not be held to the standards of moral purity, or the church, or the academics, or the critics, or the feminists, or even reality. Film at its purest is fetishistic. Film, like art, t is about desire. It is about the excesses of reality, realms that realism cannot contain. I find nothing ridiculous or wrong about male desire. Rather, to mock male desire is sex shaming.
Kendrick brought me here
SPOILER ALERT the indigenous man wasn't indigenous - he was with woman's husband in disguise so Scully would think that he kills her and give the husband an alibi
... Nothing "problematic" about this film.
When social media didn't exist and men had to chase womem on the street.
Well that was an education in silly perspectives.