Still of the Night (1982)
- Directed by
- Robert Benton
- Genre
- neo-noir, thriller film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 165 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A New York psychiatrist becomes obsessed with a woman who was the lover of his murdered patient. He must determine if she is a killer or a victim.
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What happens
Still of the Night is a 1982 American neo-noir psychological thriller film written and directed by Robert Benton, based on a story by Benton and David Newman, and starring Roy Scheider, Meryl Streep, Joe Grifasi, and Jessica Tandy. Scheider plays a psychiatrist who falls in love with a woman (Streep) who may be the psychopathic killer of one of his patients. The film is considered as an overt homage to the films of Alfred Hitchcock, emulating scenes from many of his movies: a bird attacks one character (as in The Birds), a scene takes place in an auction (as in North by Northwest), someone falls from a height (as in Vertigo and a number of other films), stuffed birds occupy a room (as in Psycho), and an important plot point is the interpretation of a dream (as in Spellbound). Meryl Streep's hair is styled much like Eva Marie Saint's was in North by Northwest, and the city of Glen Cove, New York is featured in both films. Jessica Tandy also is featured in this film, as she was in The Birds (1963), as the mother of the protagonist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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