why did depalma follow up body double with wise guys? why, oh why?!

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i just don't get it, damnit.

― corey c (shock of daylight), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 08:59 (twenty years ago)

the key to being a hack is variety.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 09:12 (twenty years ago)

:( I like Wise Guys. Also fuck your hack talk.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 16:35 (twenty years ago)

fuck depalma.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 16:37 (twenty years ago)

fuck you!

― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 16:49 (twenty years ago)

yeah and you, fuckface!

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 16:58 (twenty years ago)

nice comeback

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 09:38 (twenty years ago)

being a hack? i didn't start this thread about sophia coppola, did i? geeze, louise. i thought i had for a second.

anyways, i'm not sure if de palma has made anything great since. well, i must admit that i haven't seen "snake eyes". but this movie is one of those rare cases of a talented (and occasionally patchy) director making an appropriate movie at the right time. all the little elements to support the story are there: craig wasson's god awful acting, the moroder-ish synths, the funny dialog, and the setting. mix that with some balls-deep depalma-esque hitchcock-ing (which usually includes gratuituous boobs in showers somewhere). viola! masterpiece. BELIEVE IT.

― corey c (shock of daylight), Monday, 12 December 2005 09:40 (twenty years ago)

holy crap, did i mention the RANDOM-ASS frankie goes to hollywood video in the middle of the movie? i don't think i did....

― corey c (shock of daylight), Monday, 12 December 2005 09:42 (twenty years ago)

it's a hitchcock rip-off.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Monday, 12 December 2005 09:45 (twenty years ago)

five years pass...

"Wise Guys" is an abundant movie, filled with ideas and gags and great characters. It never runs dry.

― buzza, Thursday, 24 March 2011 03:39 (fifteen years ago)

guess i need to get around to this one at some point as a matter of duty.

― circa1916, Thursday, 24 March 2011 04:27 (fifteen years ago)

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