Nighthawk76
09-04-2004, 03:31 PM
Brian De Palma is perhaps the most underappriciated filmmaker of the past 30 years. Everytime he releases a new movie many critics begin to sharpen their critical knives. Leonard Malten is one film critic who seems to recieve great joy from belittling the latest De Palma movie, though I've found that Malten really dosn't understand De Palma's work well enough to even be in the proper place to review it. De Palma has been accused of being nothing more then a cheap knockoff of Alfred Hitchcock (though the people who claim this not only do not understand De Palma very well, but I've found that they don't even understand Hitchcock that well), a racist, someone who hates woman and just about everything else a filmmaker can be accused of.
However with films like Carrie, Dressed To Kill, Blow Out, Body Double and Femme Fatale, De Palma has proven time and time again to be the modern master of suspense, the person who began where Hitchcock let off. De Palma has also placed his trademark style on non-thrillers such as Scarface, The Untoucables, Casualties of War and Carlito's Way.
My favorite De Palma film is 1981's Blow Out starring John Travolta.
However with films like Carrie, Dressed To Kill, Blow Out, Body Double and Femme Fatale, De Palma has proven time and time again to be the modern master of suspense, the person who began where Hitchcock let off. De Palma has also placed his trademark style on non-thrillers such as Scarface, The Untoucables, Casualties of War and Carlito's Way.
My favorite De Palma film is 1981's Blow Out starring John Travolta.