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
corporations information source
And we've become very doubtful of our information sources, because they're all controlled by these huge multilateral corporations
character long acting
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
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
halloween happy-halloween scary
I don't see scary films. I certainly wouldn't go see my films.
interesting france brilliant
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
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.
people materials
I do like directing other people's material.
vivid violence sometimes
I sometimes go for the strongest, most vivid colour on the palette, which in the case of movies is violence.