The Fury
1978 Directed by Brian De Palma
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An experience in terror and suspense.
A government agent is determined to come to his son's rescue, when a sinister official kidnaps him to harness his extremely powerful psychic abilities.
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"Brian De Palma's visionary, science-fiction thriller is the reverse side of the coin of Spielberg's CLOSE ENCOUNTERS. With Spielberg, what happens is so much better than you dared hope that you have to laugh; with De Palma, it's so much worse than you feared that you have to laugh. The script (John Farris's adaptation of his novel) is cheap gothic espionage occultism involving two superior beings-spiritual twins (Andrew Stevens and Amy Irving) who have met only telepathically. But the film is so visually compelling that a viewer seems to have entered a mythic night world; no Hitchcock thriller was ever so intense, went so far, or had so many 'classic' sequences." - Pauline Kael
"Brian De Palma's ostentatious misdirection completely…
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Kind of a mess, certainly compared to its companion piece, Carrie, but an endearing mess that for DePalma feels surprisingly heartfelt. Pauline Kael and Armond White describe the ending as an "orgasm," but it's more than that: it's a primal scream from a muted teenager who finally revolts. Fin du cinéma.
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An often overlooked Brian DePalma film that is quite entertaining and an interesting mix of intrigue, man on the run, and supernatural. Plus it has a great Bernard Herrmann inspired score by John Williams.
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Cops: “What happened to his arm, Peter?”
Peter: “I killed it…with a machine gun!”The Middle East, Beaches, terrorists, undercover agents, machine guns, Chicago, chases, explosions, death, mansions, hot fudge sundaes, pole vaulting, out of control indoor amusement park, rather ripped mid-age Kirk Douglas, best dressed bad guy John Cassavetes… and did I mention over-acting psychic teenagers who can bleed people and manipulate their mechanics?
And just wait until act three as you’ll be jumping up and down! Wowie. At times Brian De Palma’s expert direction seems to say, “OK, I have this totally ridiculously-awesome script so let’s amp it up a ton and have some fun!” I know I had fun with “The Fury,” a ton of it. In…
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weird as hell.
so the whole thing is really one giant WTF & the tone is ALL OVER THE PLACE, but it never really gets dull. kinda reminded me of the glorious Exorcist II in that way.
no matter what you think of this one though, you can't deny that the final 15 minutes are some of the most deliciously wild bat shit cinema ever made.
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Stephen King called, he wants his shtick back.
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Adapted by renowned Southern Gothic American writer, John Farris, from his own 1976 thriller/horror novel of the same name, Brian De Palma’s 1978 film, his first feature after his highly acclaimed, Academy Award-nominated 1976 adaption of Stephen King’s landmark 1974 horror novella ‘Carrie’, depicts the tale of two psychically gifted young people, Gillian (Amy Irving) and Robin (Andrew Stevens), manipulated by a soulless government agent (John Cassavetes) while the boy’s CIA agent father (Kirk Douglas) attempts to rescue them.
Fusing elements of science fiction, mild horror and spy thriller, ‘The Fury’ further develops and re-works some of the themes and ideas presented in the director’s previous feature to deliver a unique and generally effective, if slightly frivolous work, but for…
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I really like this film. I've always felt the early Brian De Palma films are his best, and this one is crazy, shocking and, yes, funny. I'd forgotten about all the crazy humor in this one.
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Kind of a mess, certainly compared to its companion piece, Carrie, but an endearing mess that for DePalma feels surprisingly heartfelt. Pauline Kael and Armond White describe the ending as an "orgasm," but it's more than that: it's a primal scream from a muted teenager who finally revolts. Fin du cinéma.
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It meanders a bit, but Kirk Douglas is a serious hard-ass and John Cassavetes is a mean bastard!
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An often overlooked Brian DePalma film that is quite entertaining and an interesting mix of intrigue, man on the run, and supernatural. Plus it has a great Bernard Herrmann inspired score by John Williams.
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Cops: “What happened to his arm, Peter?”
Peter: “I killed it…with a machine gun!”The Middle East, Beaches, terrorists, undercover agents, machine guns, Chicago, chases, explosions, death, mansions, hot fudge sundaes, pole vaulting, out of control indoor amusement park, rather ripped mid-age Kirk Douglas, best dressed bad guy John Cassavetes… and did I mention over-acting psychic teenagers who can bleed people and manipulate their mechanics?
And just wait until act three as you’ll be jumping up and down! Wowie. At times Brian De Palma’s expert direction seems to say, “OK, I have this totally ridiculously-awesome script so let’s amp it up a ton and have some fun!” I know I had fun with “The Fury,” a ton of it. In…
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weird as hell.
so the whole thing is really one giant WTF & the tone is ALL OVER THE PLACE, but it never really gets dull. kinda reminded me of the glorious Exorcist II in that way.
no matter what you think of this one though, you can't deny that the final 15 minutes are some of the most deliciously wild bat shit cinema ever made.
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Trashy, but fun: one of the few De Palma movies that doesn't cause me to roll my eyes. Really excellent use of Chicago locations too. Cassavetes is an awesome baddie.
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"Brian De Palma's visionary, science-fiction thriller is the reverse side of the coin of Spielberg's CLOSE ENCOUNTERS. With Spielberg, what happens is so much better than you dared hope that you have to laugh; with De Palma, it's so much worse than you feared that you have to laugh. The script (John Farris's adaptation of his novel) is cheap gothic espionage occultism involving two superior beings-spiritual twins (Andrew Stevens and Amy Irving) who have met only telepathically. But the film is so visually compelling that a viewer seems to have entered a mythic night world; no Hitchcock thriller was ever so intense, went so far, or had so many 'classic' sequences." - Pauline Kael
"Brian De Palma's ostentatious misdirection completely…