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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Robert Benton |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 19 November, 1982 |
| MANUFACTURER: | MGM (Video & DVD) |
| MPAA RATING: | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Color, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Drama, Feature Film Drama, Feature Film-drama, Movie |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 027616141132 |
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Customer Reviews of Still of the Night
An Excellent Mystery One of the best hommages to Alfred Hitchcock around, but it also stands on its own as a super mystery. The cast is great. The entire production is elegant, smooth and quietly dream-like. Warner Bros. owns the MGM catalog and I wish they'd release a DVD already.
The Hitchcock Touch
This is a terrific little suspense thriller that's just waiting for rediscovery on DVD. Director Robert Benton, fresh from his triumph with KRAMER VS. KRAMER, turned his attention to that most popular pastime of modern directors--paying homage to the giants of the past. He directed this 1982 film as his tribute to Alfred Hitchcock.
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>STILL OF THE NIGHT has all the classic elements of Hitchcock--the murder investigation, the innocent bystander (Roy Scheider) who must solve the puzzle to clear his own name (and save his own life), the icy blond beauty (Meryl Streep) who may or may not be the killer, the creepy Long Island mansion where the clifftop climax takes place. Most of all, we have several examples of Hitch's most distinctive contribution to cinema--the suspense sequence that builds slowly to a payoff. The symbolic dream, the adventure in the creepy basement laundry room, the eerie midnight excursion into Central Park, the long section at the swanky auction house with the hero desperately trying to deflect the authorities who are closing in--these are pure Hitchcock, and Benton is better than most at making these classic ideas seem fresh and immediate.
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>What strikes me most strongly about SOTN is the loving care and dedication of everyone involved in the project, not just the direction and writing (Benton and David Newman) but the cinematography (Nestor Almendros), music (Broadway composer John Kander), and even the costumes (Albert Wolsky). And that cast can't be beat, from the glamorous stars right down to the extras. If you love Hitch as much as I do, give this film a look. And Fox Home Video really, really should put it on DVD (they own the MGM/UA library now, and the rights to this movie). Join me in letting Fox know that.
Intelligent, mesmerizing mystery
I saw this several years ago and noticed it was on a late movie recently. This time I was more struck by the quality of the work than the first time. It seems that almost every aspect of this film reeks with elegance and subtlety. First of all, Meryl Streep is great. This is before she became so affecting as she was wont to do in her later films. Then Roy Schneider as the psychiatrist turns in a brilliant understated performance. The villianess was incredible in her chameleon-like personality and actions. (The scene at her apartment where the camera slowly slides to reveal the mutilated detective will stay with you for a long time.)
But it is the growing relationship between Streep and Schneider that gives substance to the film. Especially endearing was the dinner at his mom's (also a psychiatrist who keeps needling him about his singlenes). But it is the eerie mansion where the story unfolds and comes to a blockbuster conclusion. There are no monsters, aliens or hauntings but few cinematic scenes have been more terrifying.
I can't conclude without praise for the magnificent score. It was brooding, melancholy and seemed to flow out of the action. This should be reissued on a DVD but so far has not made it.