Following a stint together on a game show called Peeping Toms, aspiring model/actress Danielle (Margot Kidder) and the handsome and chivalrous Philip (Lisle Wilson) strike up a romance and end up back at her apartment. Across the alley, reporter Grace Collier (Jennifer Salt) witnesses a brutal murder through Danielle’s window, but when she arrives with the cops in tow, the body is gone and there is no trace of the crime. Undeterred, Grace hires a private detective (Charles Durning) to help her solve the mystery, which leads her down a twisty, tangled path that may cost her life, her mind, or both.
It’s no secret that De Palma is and was a longtime admirer of Alfred Hitchcock, and Sisters is an accomplished tribute to the Master of Suspense. Critics of the time did not fail to take notice of the young director’s nimble appropriation of several of Hitch’s themes and cinematic devices, as well as the thrilling use of split screen (borrowed from Michael Wadleigh’s groundbreaking documentary, Woodstock).
Sisters was only a modest critical and box office success, but it allowed De Palma to expand his creative voice in Hollywood, with the quirky and original horror musical, Phantom of the Paradise in 1974, followed by another Hitchcock tribute, Obsession in 1976, and, that same year, his stunning adaptation of Stephen King’s first published novel, Carrie.
Tonight, we’ll discuss Sisters the film, as well as its influence on De Palma’s career. Joining AC in the studio are a couple of true-blue cinephiles, author Ben Beard (The South Never Plays Itself, The Bad Class) and actor/editor Mackenzie Parker.
Sisters was only a modest critical and box office success, but it allowed De Palma to expand his creative voice in Hollywood, with the quirky and original horror musical, Phantom of the Paradise in 1974, followed by another Hitchcock tribute, Obsession in 1976, and, that same year, his stunning adaptation of Stephen King’s first published novel, Carrie.
Tonight, we’ll discuss Sisters the film, as well as its influence on De Palma’s career. Joining AC in the studio are a couple of true-blue cinephiles, author Ben Beard (The South Never Plays Itself, The Bad Class) and actor/editor Mackenzie Parker.
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