Brian De Palma, the De Pollma

Watched the directors cut a week later, I guess it probably is better but there is something I like about the more confusing early part of the theatrical cut.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The best 4th of July movie is Brian DePalma's BLOW OUT.</p>— Walter Chaw 周瑜 (@mangiotto) <a href="

The best 4th of July movie is Brian DePalma's BLOW OUT.

— Walter Chaw 周瑜 (@mangiotto) July 4, 2020

(ugh, me and code today)

I'd never seen anything between Carrie and Scarface, so I decided to start with Blow Out last night, god that's good. Lithgow is such a creep. Dressed to Kill soon.

the gender/racial politics in DRESSED TO KILL are…a bit dated!

Dressed to Kill got lots of flak at the time even.

I'm sure this is really good, but unfortunately you just get the intros: Sarris and Hoberman arguing out the film.

https://www.villagevoice.com/2016/06/30/is-brian-de-palma-derivative-or-dazzling-critics-andrew-sarris-and-j-hoberman-duke-it-out/

I think I’m just not a de palma guy. everything I’ve seen has seemed missing something essential

Have you seen Casualties of War? Besides being my favourite De Palma film, it's the one I'd recommend to someone who's not crazy about him otherwise--markedly different from anything he's ever done.

Same post by me, just swap in Carrie

You know I love Carrie, but isn't that through-and-through 100% De Palma?

Also guessing that anyone who's decided they're lukewarm on De Palma has already seen Carrie.

I don't know how one can be lukewarm about Carrie.

For anyone contemplating entering into a 1976 young adult mindset I think it is an amazing movie.

It is also one of my favorite horror films of all time

I'd suggest Hi, Mom! or maybe Phantoms of the Paradise for the DePalma skeptic.

...not that they would make you love his other films, but you'd get a different perspective on what he's about.

never saw the early films Hi Mom! or Greetings but I did see The Wedding Party and Sisters, both of which were interesting. I loved Phantom of the Paradise!

Hi Mom! is definitely worth your time.

I always suggest Carlito's Way to people who just can't take the histrionics of Scarface.

even the quotes are better

The Untouchables: Capone Rising (2008) (in production)

lol wait, what?

Hi, Mom! has the one brilliant sequence (“Be Black, Baby!”) but the rest is scattershot

aside from the first couple of scenes I wasn’t a big fan of carlito’s way either. appreciate the recs from everyone, but generally it’s going to be a tough sell for me to want to check out some of the minor stuff if I don’t really like a director’s major works. too many movies to watch!

Those two early films - Greetings and Hi, Mom! - are I assume highly improvisational and are funny to the extent Gerrit Graham and Robert De Niro are funny

“Hi, Mom!” is ramshackle, but it’s a much more interesting film than you’re billing it. Essential viewing for anyone interested in BDP. It’s not about De Niro yucks.

You can probably skip “Greetings” though.

ummm

I think De Palma has sprung to the place that Altman achieved with films such as MCCABE & MRS. MILLER and NASHVILLE and that Coppola reached with the two GODFATHER movies—that is, to the place where genre is transcended and what we're moved by is an artist's vision. (1981)

— pauline kael bot (@paulinekaelbot) May 21, 2023

Is she talking about Dressed to Kill or Blow Out?

I just checked -- it's Blow Out.

Thanks--missed the date at the bottom. She stuck with De Palma much longer than with Altman/Scorsese/Coppola/Spielberg; she had good things to say (post-retirement, in an interview) about Mission to Mars.

THIS IS SO FUCKING FUNNY IT LOOKS LIKE A ROMCOM 😭

Pls share posters that TRULY do not match the actual tone/vibe of the movie, it’s my favorite. pic.twitter.com/mNcP2VSLzu

— 𝕯𝖎𝖑𝖉𝖔 𝕭𝖆𝖌𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖘 (𝘚𝘩𝘰̄𝘨𝘶𝘯 𝘦𝘳𝘢) (@EmmaTolkin) April 12, 2024