Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists.
BRIAN DE PALMAYeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists.
BRIAN DE PALMAIt’s always great to discover a new star of tomorrow
BRIAN DE PALMAI’ve been sort of traveling around the country for ten years talking about independent features.
BRIAN DE PALMAYou never can predict things. I knew the movie Peducted would get a reaction, because it’s showing a different vision of our soldiers in Iraq.
BRIAN DE PALMAThe 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 PALMAThe 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 PALMAYou’ve got to remind yourself all the time that you’re being measured against the fashions of the day, and if your work truly has any kind of staying power, well, people will be talking about it in 20, 30 years.
BRIAN DE PALMAI mean, I don’t mind promoting a movie, or talking to the press if it’s going to be used in some way
BRIAN DE PALMAI don’t see scary films. I certainly wouldn’t go see my films.
BRIAN DE PALMABut, number one, I think traditional noir doesn’t work in contemporary storytelling because we don’t live in that world anymore
BRIAN DE PALMAAll we ever get told is that they’re valued and we support them, and as they’re represented on television, they’re true-blue and honorable. Which is true, for the most part.
BRIAN DE PALMAAnd we’ve become very doubtful of our information sources, because they’re all controlled by these huge multilateral corporations
BRIAN DE PALMASo 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 PALMAI have swum against the stream all my life. It’s not something I feel uncomfortable with. Is it difficult? Is it unpleasant? You bet.
BRIAN DE PALMAdo i have political views? you bet! i think the best way to express them is in your work, and then get the hell off the stage
BRIAN DE PALMAThat’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
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