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Brian De Palma quotes

American Director September 11, 1940

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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. Brian De Palma
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. Brian De Palma
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. Brian De Palma
Brian De Palma quote: "I'm always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of..."
I'm always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of move into a motion picture venue. Brian De Palma
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. Brian De Palma
Brian De Palma quote: "I've been sort of traveling around the country for ten years..."
I've been sort of traveling around the country for ten years talking about independent features. Brian De Palma
Brian De Palma quote: "You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time."
You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time. Brian De Palma
I guess what's most surprised me in most of the reviews is that they don't seem to get the noir story in the dream sequence, so they analyze it like a straight noir movie. Brian De Palma
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. Brian De Palma
Brian De Palma quote: "However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school."
However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school. Brian De Palma
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. Brian De Palma
Brian De Palma quote: "Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a..."
Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists. Brian De Palma
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. Brian De Palma
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. Brian De Palma
But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore. Brian De Palma

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