Die Schwestern des Bösen (1972)
5KDie Schwestern des Bösen: Directed by Brian De Palma. With Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, William Finley. A small-time reporter tries to convince the police she saw a murder in the apartment across from hers.
“Brian De Palma is often unfairly dismissed as u0026quot;that guy that rips off Hitchcocku0026quot;, a statement that overlooks the variety of his output. Of his twenty-odd full length movies only a handful have been thrillers, in fact before u0026#39;Sistersu0026#39; he was best know as a maker of quirky comedies like u0026#39;Greetingsu0026#39; and u0026#39;Get To Know Your Rabbitu0026#39;. u0026#39;Sistersu0026#39; was De Palmau0026#39;s first foray into Hitchcock territory, and I think his subsequent stereotyping shows just how impressive he was in this genre. He has made several more famous and successful movies subsequent to this one, but it still remains one of his most entertaining works. Margot Kidder, a few years prior to her fame as Lois Lane, is brilliant as troubled separated siamese twins with a secret. Jennifer Salt (u0026#39;Midnight Cowboyu0026#39;) plays a spunky newspaper columnist who believes she has witnessed one of the twins commit a murder (a deliberate nod to u0026#39;Rear Windowu0026#39;). She cannot get the police to believe her and begins to do her own investigations, helped by a small time private eye Larch (Charles Durning – u0026#39;Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?u0026#39;). She finds out that there is a lot more to the sistersu0026#39; than meets the eye, and vows to find out what is really going on. Kidder is of course the star of the movie, but equally memorable is De Palma regular William Finley (u0026#39;The Phantom Of The Paradiseu0026#39;, u0026#39;Eaten Aliveu0026#39;) in a wonderfully creepy performance as one of twins ex-husband. Kidder and Finley and De Palmau0026#39;s assured direction, which includes a brilliant murder sequence and cool use of split screen in another, make this a thriller that wonu0026#39;t easily be forgotten. Highly recommended.”
