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Obsession

1976 • 1h 39m •
Thriller Mystery Drama
MOVIEVIBE Rating
★ 6.7/10
333 reviews
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Obsession

A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his late wife.

"A bizarre story of love."

Top Billed Cast

Cliff Robertson
Cliff Robertson
Michael Courtland
Geneviève Bujold
Geneviève Bujold
Elizabeth Courtland / Sandra Portinari
John Lithgow
John Lithgow
Robert Lasalle
Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Maid
Wanda Blackman
Wanda Blackman
Amy Courtland
J. Patrick McNamara
J. Patrick McNamara
Third Kidnapper
Stanley J. Reyes
Stanley J. Reyes
Inspector Brie
Nick Kreiger
Nick Kreiger
Farber

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J John Chard Verified TMDB Critic
2014-02-13

Déjà vu and Déjà vu.

Obsession is directed by Brian De Palma and written by Paul Schrader. It stars Cliff Robertson, Genevieve Bujold and John Lithgow. Music is by Bernard Herrmann and cinematography by Vismos Zsigmond.

You either love him or hate him, it seems. Brian De Palma that is. He's an amazing stylist who made some piercingly great thrillers in the tradition of Maestro Hitchcock, or he's a knock off artist using style to hide his inadequacies as a story teller? One thing for sure, for a good portion of the 70s and 80s his films would not be ignored, for better or worse depen...