De Palma directing the exact same script would've been a 5-star movie
In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.
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1Dead Again is showing in 1 cinema in Los Angeles — next screening Friday 17 July at 19:00 at Los Feliz 3 Theatre.
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5What people say
This film may well feature the WORST old people make-up effects in the history of the cinema. Kenneth Branagh's Dead Again is so gloriously camp, melodramatic and cheesy, that it's almost impossible to dislike. The flashback scenes are shot like a mixture of film noir and those classy perfume ads you see on TV. The acting's a mixed bag; Emma Thompson is luminous, Branagh is inconsistent, Robin Williams kills it in a small part. As a film, it's very histrionic, very dramatic, almost to soap opera levels at times, but I enjoyed it. Slightly bonkers but fun.
FUCK IT UP KENNETH
Common questions
What is Dead Again about?+
A Los Angeles private detective becomes entangled in the life of a mute amnesiac woman who appears to share a deep, karmic connection to a composer executed for murder in 1949.
Who directed Dead Again?+
Kenneth Branagh directed the film in 1991, which served as a stylized noir homage featuring his then-wife Emma Thompson.
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