Piper Laurie
Grounded by the incredible performance of Sissy Spacek and the masterful direction of De Palma, Carrie is a horror masterpiece that defies convention.
While Snapshots is far from a perfect film, it made with such an admirable degree of earnestness, with so much feeling, that it is easy to overlook the flaws.
In this edition of the nominated film you may have missed series, we discuss the classic 1961 sports drama The Hustler, starring Paul Newman.
Carrie is a movie inspired by one of Stephen King’s first novels, a dark story mixed with dramatic notes, where all the uncertainties and fears of adolescence, such as the problem of being different in a society that does not forgive, are transformed into anger and the desire for revenge. The movie was directed by Brian De Palma in 1976, but I believe it is a timeless story; indeed there have been many remakes, the last one in 2013 by Kimberly Peirce, setting it in a modern context. De Palma’s film, which can be considered a cult classic, shows the daily life of teenagers at an American high school and explores the theme of bullying deeply, adding some gory scenes towards the end.