Brian De Palma
Brian De Palma
Brian Russell De Palmais an American film director and screenwriter. He is considered part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth11 September 1940
CountryUnited States of America
lying cameras
The camera lies all the time -- lies 24 times/second.
stars tomorrow
It's always great to discover a new star of tomorrow
beautiful girl school
I love working with women. I think they're beautiful. I like to photograph them. I like the way they interact. When I was in high school I used to hang out with the girls. When I went to graduate school, I was in an all girls school. So it's something I'm very familiar with and quite fascinated by.
art trying storytelling
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
daughter two shoes
Everybody doesn't have to have a daughter who's a goodie-two-shoes.
able stuff documentaries
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
successful financial bigs
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
mean talking mind
I mean, I don't mind promoting a movie, or talking to the press if it's going to be used in some way
school years twelve
However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years
thinking numbers world
But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore
contemporary-music contemporary knows
You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time
moving musical kind
I'm always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of move into a motion picture venue
school quaker my-time
However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school.
couple thinking objectivity
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.