MEDIA COOL
This month’s Media Cool was written by Bill Holdship and Cynthia Rose THE BEDROOM WINDOW (DEG) Writer-director Curtis Hanson has succeeded admirably at what Brian DePalma has been failing at since Dressed To Kill: a cinematic homage to Alfred Hitchcock that doesn’t degenerate into a misogynistic parody.
MEDIA COOL
This month’s Media Cool was written by Bill Holdship and Cynthia Rose
THE BEDROOM WINDOW (DEG)
Writer-director Curtis Hanson has succeeded admirably at what Brian DePalma has been failing at since Dressed To Kill: a cinematic homage to Alfred Hitchcock that doesn’t degenerate into a misogynistic parody. Although a willing suspension of disbelief is a must, the chills are real, even when Hanson is obviously borrowing scenes (and ideas) from classics like Rear Window and the second version of The Man Who Knew Too Much. The acting is notable, although Isabelle Huppert’s main talent seems to be for baring her bkckside in everything I’ve seen her do thus far. Elizabeth McGovern is superb, as always, and while Steve Guttenberg ain’t exactly James Stewart or Cary Grant, he manages to transcend his Police Academy/Cocoon reputation with a very believable performance. Plus, along with the recent Manhunter, the film features one of the most hateful, unsympathetic psychopaths to ever appear on a screen. B.H.
’ROUND MIDNIGHT (Warner Bros.)