De Palma had a couple of hits so very endearingly blew some chits on this student comedy -literally, he filmed it while teaching at college, using students, to give them experience. Good on him - and good on the professionals who appeared too like Kirk Douglas, Nancy Allen, Gerrit Graham, Theresa Saldana and Keith Gordon.
It's got an anarachic comedy bent, I assume like De Palma's late sixties films which I think is where his heart truly lay.
Gerrit Graham mentions John Milius when talking about great filmmakers. The film could've done with more of that. For me, anyway. I presume De Palma had a good time.
There's some nice acting. Gordon is very good, Allen is having a high old time, Douglas is professional. It's ramshackle and all over the place and auterists will love the use of "themes" like the voyerism, and discussions of filmmaking. It goes too long and is a drag too often and isn't that funny.
But you know it's there.
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