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La mort aux enchères

Original title: Still of the Night
  • 1982
  • 12
  • 1h 33m
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6.0/10
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Meryl Streep and Roy Scheider in La mort aux enchères (1982)
A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.
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A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.

  • Director
    • Robert Benton
  • Writers
    • Robert Benton
    • David Newman
  • Stars
    • Roy Scheider
    • Meryl Streep
    • Jessica Tandy
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    • Director
      • Robert Benton
    • Writers
      • Robert Benton
      • David Newman
    • Stars
      • Roy Scheider
      • Meryl Streep
      • Jessica Tandy
    • 72User reviews
    • 40Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

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    Roy Scheider
    Roy Scheider
    • Sam Rice
    Meryl Streep
    Meryl Streep
    • Brooke Reynolds
    Jessica Tandy
    Jessica Tandy
    • Grace Rice
    Joe Grifasi
    Joe Grifasi
    • Joseph Vitucci
    Sara Botsford
    Sara Botsford
    • Gail Phillips
    Josef Sommer
    Josef Sommer
    • George Bynum
    Frederikke Borge
    • Heather Wilson
    • (as Rikke Borge)
    Irving Metzman
    • Murray Gordon
    Larry Joshua
    Larry Joshua
    • Mugger
    Tom Norton
    • Auctioneer
    Richmond Hoxie
    • Mr. Harris
    Hyon Cho
    • Mr. Chang
    Danielle Cusson
    • Girl
    John Bentley
    • Night Watchman
    George A. Tooks
    • Elevator Operator
    Sigrunn Omark
    • Receptionist
    Randy Jurgensen
    Randy Jurgensen
    • Car Thief
    • (as Randy Jurgenson)
    Palmer Deane
    • Auction Spotter
    • Director
      • Robert Benton
    • Writers
      • Robert Benton
      • David Newman
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    Wizard-8

    Stillborn

    I think that writer/director Robert Benton was trying to make this movie akin to something Alfred Hitchcock would have made, but "Still of the Night" doesn't work as an homage or even a regular thriller. There is a real aloof feeling to this movie throughout - you don't really get a sense that any of the characters are those that are real flesh and blood. Roy Scheider was a talented actor, and Meryl Streep certain is, but even they seem overwhelmed by the depressing atmosphere and can't add much life. The main problem with the movie, however, is that it is extremely slow and boring. There are no shocks and there isn't even any real tension at any point. This extends even to the music score - there's almost no music in the entire movie. And it's extremely easy to figure out who the killer is, since the movie doesn't exactly give us a long list of suspects. Movies like this gathered dust in video stores for good reasons.
    8bronty

    Classy homage to Hitchcock

    I remember being entirely taken with this film, seeing it several times when it was originally in theaters, way back in '82. Its creator, Robert Benton, freely admitted at the time that he intended this to be an homage to Hitchcock, and he's largely succeeded, right down to the cool, mysterious blonde female with a troubled past and the detective who is drawn to her, and the balletic, deliberate pacing that accentuates the suspense and tension, almost to a fault. Unlike Hitchcock, this film is strictly serious business, with nary a moment of lightness, which, alas, means something less than 'fun'. Hitchcock ALWAYS utilized humor, no matter how dark it may have been, recognizing that it, too, can actually heighten the suspense by putting people off their guard. This film would be richer for that sense but still it remains a good, solid mystery. As I've said, the story is pure Hitchcock: a murder takes place and a cool, mysterious blonde (Streep) may be the prime suspect, something that draws New York City psychologist (and amateur sleuth) Scheider towards her. One comment here said, "They don't make 'em classy like this anymore" and he couldn't be more right: from the restrained, low-key performance of Streep (accent-free but looking perhaps more beautiful here than in any other film she's done; she nearly resembles those women in a Dutch Renaissance painting), balancing the "livelier" performance of Scheider, to the lovely muted blues, browns, greys and blacks of its cinematography. There are a fair number of jolts and a satisfactory wrap-up, too. If there is any one fault with the film, it is, as one user has already commented, how slight the script is - it's nearly a puff of smoke! Another asked if we really needed ANOTHER homage to Hitchcock since De Palma's been doing it for years; however, one look at De Palma's films and THIS film and the difference is night and day: De Palma's films, which could be considered almost a Hyper-Hitchcock, are almost TOO jokey and slavish to its directors flights of fancy, while Benton's film exhibits the cool reserve, almost detachment, of its sophisticated New York settings. Hitchcock was THE undisputed master of thrillers and remains so to this day; it's wonderful to see other, modern directors try their hand at the lost art of the classy thriller/mystery. "Still of the Night" is definitely worth discovering, no matter its minor faults.
    6SnoopyStyle

    good Hitchcockian start but falters

    Dr. Sam Rice (Roy Scheider) is a Manhattan psychiatrist like his mother Grace (Jessica Tandy). He's recently divorced. One of his patients George Bynum has been killed. He is visited by the mysterious Brooke Reynolds (Meryl Streep) who worked with Bynum at the auction house Crispin's. She's also Bynum's mistress. They are interrupted by Detective Vitucci and she accidentally leaves behind a watch. Dr. Rice examines his files on Bynum and suspicions falls on Reynolds.

    I really like the Hitchcockian touches. I love the laundry room when the lights go out in the hallway. I did not like all the flashback re-examination of his files. The plot loses its way a bit and some of its tension. Meryl Streep is pretty good as the mysterious damsel-in-distress. Although she's not the classic sex bombshell. Scheider is still a good leading man. This could be a much better mystery thriller.
    6tcab

    Streep has never been so beautiful, before or since.

    I almost turned this movie off in the middle because I was tired of being manipulated by the corny scary stuff that was overwrought and too dragged out. That stuff was okay for the master, Hitchcock, but today it has whiskers.

    I was very surprised to see Meryl Streep looking more beautiful than ever before or since. It was the way her hairdo framed her face, I think. Any way, this movie was all Streep. Scheider has a certain gravitas which many Hollywood Idols never achieve even though they are far more popular. But Streep—from her first moment on screen I said to myself, I've never seen this side of her! She's created an entirely original person! Then she delivered a soliloquy toward the end of the movie which she fashioned with such skill and insight that one would think it was Shakespeare!

    There is simply no one as good as Streep, man or woman. She turns this average movie into something worth watching.
    7PyrolyticCarbon

    A quiet, underplayed thriller, with some excellent visuals and lighting.

    Quiet thriller with great acting from Meryl Streep, taken a slightly different route with the paranoid performance from Roy Schnieder. Unfortunately some other of the other performances are quite poor, with the standard dumbed down cops. Slow to pick up, it's worth sticking with past the stock plot setup routines. There's some neat camera work to strengthen the guessing game and make you feel the paranoia and fear of the doctor. There's a fantastic sequence in central park where the Doctor follows a mystery woman, losing her beneath the light \ dark pools of street lights. Using the sound of her footsteps to pull your attention forward to a tunnel. The final moments of that sequence are brilliant. Throughout the lighting is used to great effect with all other senses and even performances extremely restrained. A good film which I'm sure has influenced many others of this genre.

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    • Trivia
      After making this film, writer/director Robert Benton said that he regretted the emphasis placed by critics upon its being a Alfred Hitchcock imitation. Benton said that he had intended it to be more a modern equivalent of the 1940s wave of noir thrillers about psychoanalysis (a group of films of which Hitchcock's La maison du docteur Edwardes (1945) is the most famous example, but not the only one) and that the directors he was actively using as direct influences on him were Jacques Tourneur and Fritz Lang, with the script being heavily influenced by Lang's La Femme au portrait (1944). Benton summed up the situation saying, "This (genre) territory is so staked out by Hitchcock that there is nothing you can do that won't remind someone of him."
    • Goofs
      As the woman with the scarf on her head first walks into Central Park the heels on her shoes are a thick, low to mid height style but as she continues to walk through the park the heels on her shoes change to a higher, thinner style heel.
    • Quotes

      Doctor Sam Rice: Now listen to me! On account of you, I'm an accessory to something. I don't know what! I'm withholding evidence. I'm obstructing justice. I'm gonna get my license revoked if I'm not thrown into jail first. And on top of that, I've just spent fifteen thousand dollars for a painting I don't even like!

    • Alternate versions
      In the limited DVD and Blu-ray prints from MGM and Kino Lorber respectively, in addition to adding the opening and closing MGM logos, the United Artists logo is plastered with the 2001 variant.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Les frénétiques (1982)

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    • Release date
      • January 26, 1983 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • En la quietud de la noche
    • Filming locations
      • Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • United Artists
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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,979,947
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,979,947
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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