Episode 110: Re-Cutting “Raising Cain”

This week on the blog, a podcast interview with Peet Gelderblom, the Dutch filmmaker who re-cut what Brian DePalma now considers to be the Director’s Cut of “Raising Cain.”

 

LINKS

A Free Film Book for You:  https://dl.bookfunnel.com/cq23xyyt12

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Fast, Cheap Film Website: https://www.fastcheapfilm.com/

Peet Gelderblom website: https://www.directorama.net/bio-english/

“Raising Cain” Re-Cut: https://www.directorama.net/raising-cain-directors-cut/

“Raising Cain” Trailer: https://youtu.be/jx2MeCjfP44

“Raising Cain” Steadicam shot: https://youtu.be/kuTfcP3hTyk

Eli Marks Website:  https://www.elimarksmysteries.com/

Albert’s Bridge Books Website:  https://www.albertsbridgebooks.com/

YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/BehindthePageTheEliMarksPodcast

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Peet Gelderblom – Re-Cutting “Raising Cain” 

What was the very first Brian DePalma movie you remember seeing?

 

Peet: That's difficult. I was probably a little too young for it, but it may have been "Sisters.” Yeah, but I think the first thing I remember from Brian DePalma was that he was on television, because "Body Double" had just come out, and I saw the clips from "Body Double" and I thought, wow, that would be something I would like to see. But I was too young for it.

I wasn't able to go into the cinema and check it out, but immediately I made a mental note. And I think the name just stuck with me. And I started to check him out, and whenever there was something on television, by him, the BBC or whatever, I would definitely see it. So, it might have been "Sisters.” It might have been "Blowout," I'm not really sure.

 

My point of entry was "Phantom of the Paradise." It was first released in cinema, and I'd never seen anything like it, and then had to follow up with this guy, Brian DePalma, to see what he was going to do. And the next thing I remember seeing was "Carrie," and really loving it.

I remember it was showing maybe a couple years later at a University Film Society, and I wasn't seeing it, but I was walking by. I could hear what was going on, and I said to friend, “let's stand here for just a second, they're about to scream,” because the hand was about to come up out of the grave. And it was so much fun to just know that was going to happen. And then years later to