Showing posts with label Still of the Night. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Still of the Night. Show all posts

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Pop Psychology

Still of the Night (1982) - Benton
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80s pop psychology abound, Still of the Night is simple but effective, moody noir. Meryl Streep plays a mousy, mysterious woman working at an auction house who may or may not be a murderess. Roy Scheider is Sam, a psychiatrist whose patient gets murdered. Streep is unbelievably attractive in this! The high point is the night in Central Park chase sequence and a creepy dream sequence beautifully shot by master cinematographer Nestor Almendros. It's one of those films that lingers you for days, if not years.