Dressed to Kill (1980)

A transsexual murders one of her psychiatrist's patients, and now she's after the prostitute who witnessed it. (imdb)
Genres: Suspense/Thriller, Mystery
Country: USA
Directed By: Brian De Palma
Written By: Brian De Palma
Starring: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, David Margulies, Nancy Allen, Dennis Franz, Keith Gordon, Brandon Maggart, Mary Davenport, Anneka Di Lorenzo, Ken Baker, Susanna Clemm, Amalie Collier

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another modest masterpiece by de palma. trademarks of the director (tracking shots, suspense & erotic thriller, giallo elements, retrospective cinematic references) are perfect as always. michael caine and nancy allen perform an influential acting. dressed to kill, blowup, and body double: anyone who claims to love cinema should watch this brilliant peeping trilogy.
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The pleasures of De Palma's cinema are superficial, but D.T.K has never convinced me, despite its reputation as one of the great modern thrillers. It's too homage driven, like a self conscious remix, with ideas lifted wholesale from Hitchcock and Argento, but they aren't creatively flipped, so the seams remain visible to the point of distraction. The museum sequence is an appealing bravura touch, but this lurid mix of eroticism and death was done far better years later in Basic Instinct.
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