Word: depalma
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Brian DePalma presents us with a character who, from all initial appearances, will require several encounters with a hanky during the course of the film, were it not for a certain twist. "I want to be normal," Carrie cries out to an unfeeling Mrs. White, but it's just not in the cards. An acute shyness alone does not separate Carrie from her classmates; evoking the image of another teenage girl of recent vintage who is "somehow different," Carrie is endowed with a power not commonly found among us mortals--the power of telekinesis. Ashtrays somersault, mirrors vibrate and shatter...
Cinderella's charmed evening is fated to end in disgrace, however. Her enemies engineer her election as prom queen, only to ruin her moment of triumph by dousing their unsuspecting victim with a vat of blood--an especially cruel reminder of the scene in the showers. DePalma has obviously deemed this moment as the climax of the film; he drags the viewer through an agonizing five-minute sequence shot entirely in slow motion. Discordant violin strains accompany the doomed couple as they ascend to the stage. The glow of Carrie's face pains us all the more as the camera...
...memorable image of a blood-soaked Carrie glaring upon the suddenly soundless ballroom marks the point where DePalma abandons all self-restraint. Gimmick piles upon gimmick as Carrie wreaks her vengeance; screens split, reddish tones suffuse the lens, a single shot multiplies into a revolving wheel of faces both shocked and gleeful. The film now develops into a full-scale assault upon the senses that ultimately gluts the viewer's mind with technique...
...video, non-sexist and non-violent film. Now they've changed to showing programs for longer stretches, and the program of shorts they're running now is there is their kick-off flick. Short films by Lindsey Anderson (If, O Lucky Man!), by Mel Brooks, by Roman Polanski, Brian DePalma, Truffaut, Godard, and a famous Belgian animator named Servais. I just examined their announcement and see that the prices and times are still insanely garbled. Maybe you should call 354-5678 for details...