The Wedding Party

De Palma first few movies were directly inspired by Godard. Which is evident in the sudden jump cuts, slow-motions and fast-forwarding in this. Those do give this clichéd movie some must needed playfulness. Best moments are the lighter moments like the opening sequence reminiscent of silent slapstick. It are in the numerous dialogues about the (dis)advantages of marriage the frequent use of jump cuts feel forcedly artistic and therefor distract.

It's perhaps a damning indictment on The Wedding Party that Troma holds the video distribution rights, but Brian De Palma's debut, which he only co-directed, is not a complete turkey and bears similarity to his other freewheeling comedies of the time with Deniro like Greetings and Hey Mom, only it's less skillfully made. Stylistically it borrows heavily from the French New Wave and classic silent film techniques, which don't always mesh well. It is a passable student film, nothing more.

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