Brian De Palma, the modern master of suspense, invites you to witness a seduction, a mystery, a murder. Starring Melanie Griffith as porn star Holly Body, this hyper-suspense classic takes the viewer on a roller-coaster ride.
Jake Scully (Craig Wasson), an unemployed actor, is asked to house-sit at a luxurious hillside apartment. As a bonus, the home offers Jake a telescopic peek into the bedroom of Gloria Revelle (Deborah Shelton), who performs an arousing striptease. When Jake discovers another man is also spying on Gloria, he begins an obsessive surveillance of her. Soon a grisly murder leads him into the world of X-rated film where he meets sexy porn queen Holly Body (Melanie Griffith), who is a key to the crime…
Special features:
– Pure Cinema (38 mins): extensive interview with first assistant director Joe Napolitano
– The Seduction (17 mins): De Palma discusses the early treatment of the script
– The Setup (17 mins): an examination of the plot
– The Mystery (12 mins): Melanie Griffith discusses her nude scenes and De Palma’s shyness
– The Controversy (6 mins): the cast and crew discuss the film’s critical slating
– Isolated score track
– Original theatrical trailer
– New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
– Booklet with new and archival contents
– Dual format edition
Related products
-
Comedy - Drama
Madeleine och taxichauffören
Den stoiske filosofen och dramatikern Lucius Annaeus Seneca har sedan länge tjänstgjort som mentor och rådgivare till Nero. Att hålla sig på god fot med makten har gjort Seneca lika stormrik som ifrågasatt.
149 SEK -
Documentaries
78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene
In 78 setups and 52 cuts, the deliriously choreographed two-minute shower sequence in Psycho ripped apart cinema s definition of horror. With a shocking combination of exploitation and high art, Alfred Hitchcock upended his own acclaimed narrative structure by violently killing off a heroine a third of the way through his film, without explanation, justification, […]
199 SEK -
Drama - Thriller
Serpico
Sidney Lumet’s 1973 crime drama Serpico remains one of the most influential cop movies – alongside Al Pacino’s nuanced performance in a disturbing portrait of corruption and morality in the city that never sleeps. A plainclothes street patrolman, Frank Serpico (Pacino) might be the best cop in New York, but his unwillingness to play dirty […]
125 SEK -
Documentaries - Music
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (Blu-Ray)
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami takes the viewer on an intimate and electrifying journey that moves between four cinematic layers – performance, family, artist and gypsy – to explore the fascinating world of this pop cultural phenomenon. Here we see her behind the mask as a daughter, mother, sister and grandmother, alongside taking to the […]
179 SEK -
Drama - Swedish Film
Ondskan
Erik lever i ondskans och våldets grepp både i hemmet och på skolgården. När hans våldstendens gör att han relegeras skickas han i stället till internatskolan Stjärnsberg. Det här är hans sista chans att studera vidare och bryta med
99 SEK -
Classics
Kanonen vid San Sebastian
Mexiko 1746. Den lilla staden San Sebastian är hårt angripen av Yaquistammen, vars blodiga attacker fått befolkningen att fly upp i bergen. Hit anländer Fader Joseph i sällskap med den ökände banditen Leon, som han vägrar överlämna till rättvisan. Uppdraget är att återuppbygga ortens kyrka, men prästen skjuts snart ihjäl av en krypskytt och Leon […]
99 SEK -
Drama
Scum (Blu-Ray)
After the banning of their original 1977 BBC TV version, director Alan Clarke (The Firm) and writer Roy Minton (Funny Farm) set out to remake their drama for the big screen to ensure that their vision got the audience it deserved. The resulting film was an even more vitriolic portrait of a corrupt and violent […]
249 SEK -
Drama
Cabrini
From the studio and director that brought you Sound of Freedom, this stunning biographical epic stars Cristiana Dell’Anna, David Morse, and Academy Award nominees John Lithgow and Giancarlo Giannini. In 1889, Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini arrives in New York City, greeted only by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Witnessing the vast inequality of the city, […]
219 SEK