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
girl dream strong
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
halloween happy-halloween scary
I don't see scary films. I certainly wouldn't go see my films.
corporations information source
And we've become very doubtful of our information sources, because they're all controlled by these huge multilateral corporations
ideas scary tourists
Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists.
people materials
I do like directing other people's material.
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
real teaching school
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.
mistake people acting
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
document inspirational moment records
And that's what's so inspirational about something like DIONYSUS. It actually records the moment that it happened. Kind of like a document of the period.
sexy fun character
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.
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