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| The Fan
Year: 1981
Classification: Drama
Directed:
- Edward Bianchi
- Tony Scott
Actors/Actresses:
- Ellen Barkin
- Robert De Niro
- Benicio Del Toro
- John Leguizamo
- Dwight Schultz
- Wesley Snipes
- Michael Biehn
- Lauren Bacall
- James Garner
Cheap, exploitative, and tasteless (and also good!)
Paramount relased a lot of dogs back in the day, and this film is no exception. I saw it back in my glory years in the 1980s, and looking back, it was an incredibly tasteless film, yet it's also hard to resist. Beihn gives a chilling performance as a nutjob who's obsessed with this movie star (Lauren Bacall, who's too good for trash like this), and writes several letters that get more threatening. Remove the decent cast which also includes James Gardner, and you've got a sleazy slasher film that'd make even Brian DePalma blush. Yet, it's that very sleaziness that makes "The Fan" all the more interesting and watchable. I recommend this only as a guilty pleasure: it's worth a look, but you may not respect yourself in the morning.
edge of your seat thriller
I HAVE TO SAY, AFTER I SAW THIS MOVIE IN THE THEATRE , I LOOKED FOR IT EVERYWHERE !!! BECALL AND GARDNER ARE FANTASTIC . THEIR STAR POWER COMES THROUGH .I WAS ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT .I WATCH THIS FILM OVER AND OVER , IT NEVER GETS OLD. YOU TRULY HAVE TO LOVE " OLD HOLLYWOOD " TO APRECIATE THIS MOVIE AS MUCH AS I . IT IS VERY MUCH WORTH TAKING A LOOK SEE.
Not bad, not good
This is a film about an aging actress who has an obsessed fan stalking her. This film keeps your attention throughout. Nothing is wrong with the cast. Nothing is really wrong with the script. It does not meet the level of "better" slasher/suspense films, however. It has a very now-cheesy late 70's/early 80's look and feel to it, which in some ways is nostalgic, but in other ways dates the film quite a bit and makes it seem almost silly in parts. At least the similar "Eyes of Laura Mars" is SOOO over the top late 70's, it's a time caspule. The Fan is just sort of dull and dated. It is never really scary, though never boring. It is a strange combination I cannot quite explain. The musical numbers are of the Valley of the Dolls lounge singing variety. They are so bad they are funny. The Broadway rehearsals and numbers are hysterically funny and worth the price of the tape or DVD alone. If you are not a big fan of Lauren Bacall, rent, do not buy this film. It is great for an afternoon viewing but nothing special. Something just did not come together.
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