Review of Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972) by Elijah B — 01 Dec 2010

Get to Know Your Rabbit is an early comedy of Brian De Palma's which is a fantastically ridiculous. It follows a dissatisfied business man (Tom Smothers) whom leaves his job in order to become a tap-dancing magician.

This film revels in its absurdity, and its a just a lot of fun. De Palma loves his overheads and tracking shots in this film, and they work well, creating this absurd surrealism. Orson Welles even shows up as the business man's trainer, when he wishes to become a tap-dancing magician.

It's a relatively small part, but Welles is great as always. The more I hear people say they think De Palma is overrated or sucks, the more I believe they just havent gone deep enough into his early works.

De Palma may be known more for his early 90's late 80s fare, but in my humble opinion his best work came in the 70s and early 80s.