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Thursday 2 February 2012

Someone's Watching Me! (1978)

John Carpenter made a Hitchcock film. Aficionados of the fat man will spot his trademark camera movements, framing, POV shots, the camera holding on objects and the famous zoom/dolly. It has bits from Psycho (1960), Rear Window (1954) and Vertigo (1958), Hitch’s three best films, imo.
When it’s not being Hitch it’s being typical Carpenter, who excels in the trapped inside scenario. It’s not a very engaging film, but for fans of either director it’s kind of fun.

2½ burly man and slick man out of 5

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