between Carrie and Scarface for me. Carrie is probably the better movie, but Scarface is teh roflz
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 3 January 2008 23:22 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm not voting because I really dislike 6 of the 7 I've seen (scarface, untouchables, raising cain, carlito's way, snake eyes, mission impossible/Sisters). But I'm making a concerted effort to get over my hang-ups (about theft, film school, other dead horses) and maybe enjoy one of his homages.
I put obsession, dressed to kill, carrie, blow out, and femme fatale in my netflix que last week, not even aware of this poll.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Friday, 4 January 2008 00:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Phantom of the Paradise would be pretty great if the music was better. the only instance I can think of where the little guy's film music instinct failed him (Muppet Movie and Bugsy Malone being totally awesome)
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 4 January 2008 00:12 (sixteen years ago) link
I haven't seen enough of his movies to vote but Scarface better be below Carlito's Way on everyone's list.
Most overrated movie ever.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Friday, 4 January 2008 00:13 (sixteen years ago) link
i voted body double - i was also tempted by carlitos way which is only loved by me and french magazines
― jhøshea, Friday, 4 January 2008 00:15 (sixteen years ago) link
but daaaaamn depalma is a motherfucker for sure - i love so many of these movies
― jhøshea, Friday, 4 January 2008 00:16 (sixteen years ago) link
I hate the construction of Carlito's Way
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 4 January 2008 00:16 (sixteen years ago) link
you know, show the main character's death and tell the story in flashback - this storytelling conceit always annoys me
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 4 January 2008 00:17 (sixteen years ago) link
didn't like Sunset Boulevard then?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 4 January 2008 00:19 (sixteen years ago) link
no way man, I love that movie.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Friday, 4 January 2008 00:20 (sixteen years ago) link
oh, Wilder makes up for it with the rest of the film
x-post
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 4 January 2008 00:20 (sixteen years ago) link
...and bo jackson overdrive
― jhøshea, Friday, 4 January 2008 00:21 (sixteen years ago) link
and the real Bo Jackson.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Friday, 4 January 2008 00:23 (sixteen years ago) link
hmm, i'd be interested to see how 'the most overrated movie ever' does on this poll. third at best.
― darraghmac, Friday, 4 January 2008 10:30 (sixteen years ago) link
hate this guy but 'carlito's way'. prefer 'the untouchables' to the hitchcock rips thx.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 4 January 2008 11:28 (sixteen years ago) link
I voted Scarface because fuck all the hataz, basically.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 4 January 2008 12:11 (sixteen years ago) link
am not gonna see Casualties in time, so it's Femme Fatale, which renders all his previous thrillers superfluous.
I'll say this: he's better than Dario Argento.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 4 January 2008 16:39 (sixteen years ago) link
i've used a camcorder once at a wedding, a coupla years back. i got most of the people in shot, although the lighting was poor.
moral of the story- I'm better than dario argento
― darraghmac, Friday, 4 January 2008 16:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Carlito's Way is one of Ally's favorite movies of all time - mine too.
Carrie.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 4 January 2008 16:51 (sixteen years ago) link
eh ok maybe i was wrong - i seem to remember in another depalma thread everyone hated it
― jhøshea, Friday, 4 January 2008 16:53 (sixteen years ago) link
hate this guy -- That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, January 4, 2008 11:28 AM
This I knew.
― Eric H., Friday, 4 January 2008 18:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Dressed to Kill ftw
― Jeb, Friday, 4 January 2008 18:21 (sixteen years ago) link
But Blow Out is surprisingly watchable. Great ending.
― Jeb, Friday, 4 January 2008 18:22 (sixteen years ago) link
carlito's way is boring except for most scenes with sean penn. i'll go with 'femme fatale'.
― omar little, Friday, 4 January 2008 18:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Voted for Sisters. Pretty much been all downhill since though I tend to favor his unabashed exploitation trash more. (I like Black Dahlia more than Casualties Of War or The Untouchables)
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 4 January 2008 18:43 (sixteen years ago) link
we need a thread for Best De Palma Wenches.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 4 January 2008 18:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Monday, 7 January 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
the bad guy has spoken
― darraghmac, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 00:04 (sixteen years ago) link
haha - I like how with these polls no matter how much whining there is from posters about the "no brainer"/most obvious winner, the obvious choices still win
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 00:11 (sixteen years ago) link
eh scarface is better than a bunch that got votes
― jhøshea, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 00:12 (sixteen years ago) link
surprised untouchables got shut out
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 02:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Almost all the movies that got zero votes basically deserved to. Even Greetings is done better with Hi, Mom!
― Eric H., Tuesday, 8 January 2008 03:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I probably should've hedged my best and voted Dressed to Kill.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 8 January 2008 03:50 (sixteen years ago) link
I saw Obsession at the Castro in SF last year (after seeing it on TV in my yute), and it's way better than films that got votes.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 14:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Wedding Party should have gotten the Bonfire votes and Untouchables should have gotten 4 of the 7 Scarface votes. Then it'd be cool.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 15:05 (sixteen years ago) link
and if the Fury and Blow Out got some of Body Double and Carlito's Way's votes.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 15:07 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, if only we all had second votes to invalidate the first votes of everyone else.
― darraghmac, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 16:45 (sixteen years ago) link
or just do it by TELEPATHY!
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 16:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Obession is too dour. Even Femme Fatale manages to transgress its allegedly lurid De Palma milieu without resorting to Paul Schrader b.s.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 8 January 2008 17:57 (sixteen years ago) link
haha, IN A WORLD where BS plagues us... [controversial deletion re The Fury ]
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 18:04 (sixteen years ago) link
much appreciated
― Eric H., Tuesday, 8 January 2008 20:57 (sixteen years ago) link
70yo today.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 11 September 2010 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Mission: Impossible is really underrated. Femme Fatale didn't get enough love here. Surprised no Untouchables, if only because you'd assume somebody would have just wandered into the thread.
― a cankle of rads (Gukbe), Saturday, 11 September 2010 19:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Carrie >>>> Scarface
― Bo Jackson Cruise Control (San Te), Saturday, 11 September 2010 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
the ceiling-hanging scene in M:I was stolen from jules dassin's topkapi
― Mosquepanik at Ground Zero (abanana), Saturday, 11 September 2010 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
finale stolen from The Great Train Robbery iirc
― a cankle of rads (Gukbe), Saturday, 11 September 2010 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
wouldve voted body double
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 11 September 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
mission 2 mars is really great, i think.
― swagula (Lamp), Saturday, 11 September 2010 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
mission to mars is horrible! it's not even an interesting failure, it's just stupid.
― latebloomer, Saturday, 11 September 2010 23:41 (thirteen years ago) link
i feel like the gonzo/ham aspect of Scarface is an essential part of it's appeal tbh.
not my favorite BDP, but it has its pleasures for sure.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 13:48 (four years ago) link
Sisters has my favorite ending of any DePalma movie.
― I don't get wet because I am tall and thin and I am afraid of people (Eliza D.), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 13:54 (four years ago) link
DePalma is generally thought of as one of the more visual directors ever, with famous extended sequences in all most highly regarded films, but for me, it's performances and script that set apart my favourite films of his.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 14:10 (four years ago) link
Another Sisters lover here
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 15:44 (four years ago) link
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― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 15:54 (four years ago) link
Blow Out shows up on a marquee in Joker.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 16:08 (four years ago) link
I was worried that Carrie wouldn’t hold up but it does
― Dan S, Sunday, 17 November 2019 00:42 (four years ago) link
still really moved by the story and by Sissy Spacek’s performance
― Dan S, Sunday, 17 November 2019 00:47 (four years ago) link
My no. 2 horror movie of all time
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 17 November 2019 00:51 (four years ago) link
Obsession was a really pleasant surprise for me.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 17 November 2019 03:11 (four years ago) link
The Fury is one of the De Palma films I hadn’t seen before now. It is great too
― Dan S, Saturday, 23 November 2019 00:06 (four years ago) link
Yes, I loved that too.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 23 November 2019 00:50 (four years ago) link
as with Carrie there’s a lot to the story and the scenes all seem so vivid
― Dan S, Saturday, 23 November 2019 02:21 (four years ago) link
Also enjoyed Raising Cain a whole lot. But I think Body Double and Obsession are my absoloute favorites.
Didn't realize he had a film out earlier this year.
One of his next projects is described as "a horror film set in Hollywood and featuring a predatory movie mogul."Sounds like a risky move.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 23 November 2019 05:16 (four years ago) link
saw Scarface for the first time, it is very flamboyant. Pacino’s performance is histrionic but is kind of mesmerizing. I started feeling fatigued by it after the 2 hour mark though
― Dan S, Saturday, 14 December 2019 01:44 (four years ago) link
What they don’t tell you about Scarface is that Pacino’s character is actually a cyborg
― calstars, Saturday, 14 December 2019 03:44 (four years ago) link
I like that Blow Out combines the obsession and paranoia of The Conversation and Blow Up with the story, style, set pieces of Hitchcock
― Dan S, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 01:53 (four years ago) link
haven't been able to see Dressed to Kill or Body Double yet. I didn't really like Wise Guys
― Dan S, Thursday, 19 December 2019 03:05 (four years ago) link
Body Double is possibly my favorite, such an insane film
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 19 December 2019 03:35 (four years ago) link
Get to Know Your Rabbit (1971)
This caught my attention. Anyone seen it?
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 19 December 2019 03:42 (four years ago) link
I’ve seen Body Double at least three times in the past several years but it still exists in my mind as something I saw in between fever dreams as a kid on HBO in the middle of the night in the 80s.
― circa1916, Thursday, 19 December 2019 03:57 (four years ago) link
I also missed Obsession
― Dan S, Thursday, 19 December 2019 03:58 (four years ago) link
I never saw Body Double as a kid, but it absolutely exists in that kind of hallucinatory weirdness.
― circa1916, Thursday, 19 December 2019 04:00 (four years ago) link
Get to Know Your Rabbit is an interesting but unfunny experimental comedy
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 19 December 2019 16:17 (four years ago) link
Scarface has become weirdly underrated. It's a ridiculous movie in many ways, but has just as many brilliant elements as well.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 19 December 2019 16:29 (four years ago) link
Dressed to Kill was really good as a thriller. I liked Angie Dickinson in it, also the way it both indulges in and criticizes viewers’ voyeurist fantasies. I thought the elevator scene, the subway scene, and the shower dream sequence at the end in particular were memorable. But its stereotypically negative view of a transgender woman as a killer was very retrograde
― Dan S, Monday, 30 December 2019 00:17 (four years ago) link
I liked that the ending mirrored the beginning
― Dan S, Monday, 30 December 2019 00:21 (four years ago) link
really liked Casualties of War, I think more than his previous film The Untouchables
― Dan S, Saturday, 18 January 2020 10:07 (four years ago) link