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Brian De Palma [1940-0] American

Rank: 103
Director, Film director

Brian Russell De Palma is an American film director and screenwriter. He is considered part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking.
In a career spanning over 40 years, he is best known for his suspense, psychological thriller and crime films.

Movies, Dreams

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I don't see scarey films. I certainly wouldn't go see my films.		101
And we've become very doubtful of our information sources, because they're all controlled by these huge multilateral corporations.		102
I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures.		103
Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists.		104
I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it.		105
When you make a movie outside the system and it's successful critically or a moderate financial success, you usually have to go back into the system and make a big hit.		106
The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually you can cover a lot of bad direction with good acting.		107
And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're sexy, they're manipulative, they're dangerous.	Movies	108
But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore.		109
That's what noir feels like to me. It feels like some kind of recurring dream, with very strong archetypes operating. You know, the guilty girl being pursued, falling, all kinds of stuff that we see in our dreams all the time.	Dreams	110
Well, I just think through your career you go through different phases, and I just got sort of uninspired by the whole studio process of making and releasing films.		111
Well, like any time you're shooting documentary stuff, you've got to be in the moment, and you've got to be able to be in control enough to capture what's happening.		112
Godard is incredibly brilliant, the things he says. Apparently here in France, the most interesting thing when a new film of his is going to come out are his press conferences, because he's so brilliant.		113
You know it's always amazed me - I think the most startling thing that's happened in the last couple of decades is that there is no sort of objective reporting anymore.		114
The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don't give the students an idea of what's happening.		115
I've dropped myself into straightforward character pieces in order to explore that form and reap its values. But you are sort of restricted visually when your first requirement is to tell a fairly straightforward story.		116
So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it's one of the most exciting aspects of making movies and almost a lost art at this point.	Movies	117
I mean, I don't mind promoting a movie, or talking to the press if it's going to be used in some way.		118
It's always great when you discover someone.		119
It's always great to discover a new star of tomorrow.		120
I'm always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of move into a motion picture venue.		121
You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time.		122
However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years.		123
However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school.		124
You know, when people want to get any information, research information, it will all exist on these Web sites.		125
I've been sort of traveling around the country for ten years talking about independent features.		126
I guess what's most surprised me in most of the reviews is that they don't seem to get the noir story in the dream sequence, so they analyze it like a straight noir movie.		201
I do like directing other people's material.		202
You really are as hot as your last movie. And it goes away really quickly.		203

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