Sisters (film)

This article is about the 1973 Brian de Palma film. For other films with similar titles, see Sisters (disambiguation).

Sisters
Theatrical release poster.
Directed by	Brian de Palma
Produced by	Edward R. Pressman
Written by	Brian De Palma Louisa Rose
Starring	Margot Kidder Jennifer Salt Charles Durning William Finley
Music by	Bernard Herrmann
Cinematography	Gregory Sandor
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release date(s)	March 27, 1973
Running time	92 min.
Language	English

Sisters (released in the UK as Blood Sisters) is a 1973 independent film directed by Brian de Palma. It is a psychological thriller starring Margot Kidder as a French-Canadian model who is shadowed by her psychotic former Siamese twin, and Jennifer Salt as a feminist reporter who witnesses a murder and investigates the sisters with the aid of a private eye (played by Charles Durning).

De Palma was inspired by reading an article about the Soviet Siamese twins Masha and Dasha.^[1] The film is heavily influenced by Alfred Hitchcock, and de Palma even persuaded Hitchcock's semi-retired composer, Bernard Herrmann, to write the score.^[1] The film also uses unusual point of view shots and split screen effects to show two events happening similtaneously.

The film was remade in 2006 under the same title, Sisters, with Lou Doillon, Stephen Rea, and Chloë Sevigny in the leading roles.

Notes

^ ^a ^b Interview with Brian de Palma, 1973, reprinted on the Criterion Collection DVD.

External links

Sisters at the Internet Movie Database
Sisters at Allmovie
Criterion Collection essay by Bruce Kawin

v • d • e Films directed by Brian De Palma

1960s	The Wedding Party (1963) • Murder a la Mod (1968) • Greetings (1968)

1970s	Hi, Mom! (1970) • Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972) • Sisters (1973) • Phantom of the Paradise (1974) • Obsession (1976) • Carrie (1976) • The Fury (1978) • Home Movies (1979)

1980s	Dressed to Kill (1980) • Blow Out (1981) • Scarface (1983) • Body Double (1984) • Wise Guys (1986) • The Untouchables (1987) • Casualties of War (1989)

1990s	The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) • Raising Cain (1992) • Carlito's Way (1993) • Mission: Impossible (1996) • Snake Eyes (1998)

2000s	Mission to Mars (2000) • Femme Fatale (2002) • The Black Dahlia (2006) • Redacted (2007)

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