De Palma a la Mod

Raising Cain, Domino, Scarface... when a De Palma film is on Netflix, it seems I'm perpetually watching it. I have about a dozen emails from Netflix asking me, "Are you enjoying Raising Cain?" That film finally left Netflix earlier this year, and now, at the end of this month (March 27, to be precise), Domino will be leaving as well. Jason Bailey at The New York Times' "What to Watch" column posted 13 titles "not to miss in March" before they leave Netflix. Domino is one of the 13:

Production issues plagued this, Brian De Palma’s most recent feature, and the filmmaker all but disowned the final result. So it’s difficult to give the picture a full-throated endorsement. But out of its messy making and compromised completion, one can still find enough traces of De Palma’s snazzy, baroque style — inventive camerawork, creative compositions, ingenious set pieces and cheerful indifference to plot — to warrant at least a curiosity peek. It’s far from top-tier DePalma, but at least it has some personality, which is more than you can say for most thrillers these days.

Posted by Geoff at 12:01 AM CST
Updated: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:36 AM CST
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Saturday, March 6, 2021 - 12:45 AM CST

Name: "Harry Georgatos "

It's not the film DePalma probably wanted but it's a quick watch. That slow motion kick to the balls of the suicide bomber always brings a smile to my face.

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Saturday, March 6, 2021 - 2:08 AM CST

Name: "rado"
Home Page: http://rado.bg

Well said, NYT, especially about the personality in a dull, samey, PC film landscape.

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Saturday, March 6, 2021 - 11:00 PM CST

Name: "Michael"

I really loved Collin Brinkmann's piece on Domino (which you posted back in September). He eloquently articulated and clarified my own feelings about the movie, which while compromised (though seemingly not to the degree of Rabbit and Bonfire?) is still a bracing continuation of his 21st century project. Like Redacted by way of Passion.

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Sunday, March 7, 2021 - 12:51 AM CST

Name: "Geoff"
Home Page: http://https://www.angelfire.com/de/palma/blog

I agree, that is a really nice piece on Domino by Collin Brinkmann --

https://the1517tocinema.blogspot.com/2020/09/death-of-dream-on-brian-de-palmas.html

"Like Redacted by way of Passion" seems about right.

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Sunday, March 7, 2021 - 3:13 PM CST

Name: "Neil"

Anemic scenes. Anemic fight sequences. This filmmaker most anemic and lifeless movie with three good scenes.

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Monday, March 8, 2021 - 9:22 PM CST

Name: "Harry Georgatos "

I go to see films of DePalma for his visual style regardless of subject matter. Domino has a small fragrance of style here and there but lacks the visual panache of his great films such as Mission Impossible, Scarface, Blow Out or The Untouchables. Pity. I hope for his next film DePalma has a dignified budget to make a film that fits his visual talents.

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