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

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)

Trailer

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