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Post by Christian on Apr 2, 2024 14:33:12 GMT -5
Hello fellow Brian De Palma fans. I think it's high time he received a proper achievement award (preferably one we fans can watch on TV). I have submitted his name on the website which can be found at the bottom of the site I've provided. I hope enough people will join me. I'm not holding My breath that the Oscars will ever honor him. Thanks for your attention. www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/honors/Welcome to the board! And great initiative, I shall submit his name as well. Assuming that's what you meant by joining you? I will also send it to Geoff who runs De Palma A La Mod. Oh , yes and I agree, the Academy Awards won't lift a finger I'm afraid - although an honorary Oscar would very much be in order.
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Post by Christian on Oct 7, 2022 18:35:42 GMT -5
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Post by Christian on Oct 7, 2022 18:25:36 GMT -5
I agree with Sakamotos Snake Eyes score for no.1. It's just so lush and adds a real texture to the film. For a complete I'll have to think about it for a bit ☺️
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Post by Christian on Jan 13, 2020 7:08:11 GMT -5
Very cool. I will give it a listen
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Post by Christian on Mar 28, 2018 5:14:50 GMT -5
Can't wait for the trailer! Hopefully it won't be too long..
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Post by Christian on Jun 25, 2016 5:43:39 GMT -5
I will be staying close to the Metrograph between June 26th and June 30th. I will catch most of the De Palma films screened during this stretch, which includes Blow Out, Dressed to Kill, Femme Fatale and more. I will also watch the De Palma doc a few times, I guess Let me know if anyone else is going and would like to meet up. I will meet up with at least one other afficionado during my trip The program: metrograph.com/series/series/19/brian-de-palmaHave a great weekend! :-)
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Post by Christian on Feb 2, 2016 19:34:21 GMT -5
Yorick: Brad Bird Yeah, really good work om M:I 3 He directed the fourth one! The 3rd one was Abrams' Read more: depalma.freeforums.net/post/new/13#ixzz3z3n2L3fSSorry, meant to say M:I 4 M:I 3 was the J.J. Abrahams one, my least favorite in the series..Francis Ford Coppola Really like the Conversation and Godfather. Godfathers 2 & 3 due for repeat viewings.. You should give a chance to his 80s movies, which are really underrated. Smaller budget movies than a Godfather but still super interesting to watch. I loved Peggy Sue Got Married, The Outsiders and Dracula as well. His last three movies are... Strange, and they may verge on pretentious. He sort of had the same fate as de Palma, who got kicked out of Hollywood and who made low-budget movies in Europe. So I have a lot of empathy towards the guy. Read more: depalma.freeforums.net/post/new/13#ixzz3z3nVqd8JSaw Rumble Fish some time ago; my thoughts on it: christiangrevstad.wordpress.com/2014/05/03/coppolas-rumble-fish-does-it-deserve-the-acclaim/Lean, Lawrence has unrivalled beauty, love it - but still could have been cut by 1 1/2 hours... It's funny that you say that because I read an interview by de Palma not so long ago where he said he adored concise movies and hated films that went on and on. He gave the example of The Deer Hunter and the wedding scene that lasts for about an hour! Read more: depalma.freeforums.net/post/new/13#ixzz3z3oAZ7fnThat's funny, Yorick That sounds about right to me, although I hold The Deerhunter in quite high regard..
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Post by Christian on Jan 29, 2016 12:46:10 GMT -5
Bob Fosse - Talk about great visual style Must check outPedro Almodovar - He’s still blazing new ground - Agreed. Francois Ozon - Uneven, but always visually unique Terrific workDavid Lynch - Even the ones I don’t love, I admire YepOrson Welles - Of course Interesting dude. Saw the great new doc on BFI Southbank this summer.. Some great work, but turned off the Trial after 60 seconds..Hitchcock - Of course, of course Of course Stephen Frears - Always interesting Seems very bland to me, no distict style.. but haven't seen that many. Remember Mary Reilly being pretty good.. Really looking forward to seeing The Program.. Did you see it?Mike Nichols - Class, style and more class Yeah, Love The Graduate, hate Closer, like Wolf, must see more..adam McKay - Very instd to see what comes after Big Short Look forward to seeing that one..
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Post by Christian on Jan 29, 2016 12:17:22 GMT -5
I have this weird fascination for unloved directors whose works vary in quality. It's only natural that I adore de Palma. As for the others: Thanks for your input, Yorick It's interesting regarding De Palma and the argument of varying quality, I hear this a lot in regards to his work, but I find him to be one of the most consistent directors.. M. Night Shyamalan Yeah, I really like the one with Mark Wahlberg.- The Happening, was it..? The Sixth Sense is good, but probably a bit overrated in my book.. I have to see The Village..
George Mille Hated the only one I've seen,Fury Road, but I guess I'm the only one I was just appalled with what I erceived as rabid misantrophy. Maybe I missed some of the methaphors, I guess I will give it a second chance one of these days..? David Lynch (not so much, now) Love Blue Velvet and Lost Highway.. ! Not crazy about Wild at Heart, but will give Mulholland Drive a second viewing, beeen on my list forever..I was there this past winter, very intriguing place.. Brad Bird Yeah, really good work om M:I 3Spike Lee Hmmm, way WAY overrated in my book.. Love Do the Right Thing, though.. What else do you like from him? That heist movie was conventional, but competent.. He had had a war movie recently that was dreadful.. Love his work for Michae Jackson.. Tim Burton Like him, unique voiceJoe Dante GeniusPedro Almodovar GeniusFrancis Ford Coppola Really like the Conversation and Godfather. Godfathers 2 & 3 due for repeat viewings..Steven Spielberg True Genius. Not understood, IMO. Just saw Bridge of Spies yesterday, which rankes among his best, IMO. The Coen Brothers Always funny. Love Intolerable Cruelty and The Big Lebowski especially! As for the ones who passed away: Clouzot, Wow, how great would Inferno have been?? I was absolutely blown away by the bits and pieces.. I really think this could have gone down as one of the greates movies ever..
Hitchcock, Vertigo is one of my all time favorites, North by Northwest not far behind..
Pressburger and Powell, Brilliant, Love Peeping TomWes Craven, Not bad
Lean, Lawrence has unrivalled beauty, love it - but still could have been cut by 1 1/2 hours...
and so many others... Wong Kar-Wai is probably my second favorite director. Kubrick and Leone might both crack the top 5 :-)
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Post by Christian on Nov 13, 2015 21:27:39 GMT -5
Can't wait to see what it's going to look like! So far, it's the most "concrete" project Brian de Palma has been associated with (considering how vague Retribution and Happy Valley were). I'm really excited to see how he will shoot his (sadly only) second action movie. That's where he's at his best! Agreed on both counts. The foreign financing and the seemingly highly motivated and high powered-partners make this seem much more likely to get made than Retribution, IMO. Happy Valley is pretty much dead, I think, based on De Palma's own account. And I love De Palma doing action as well. (Well, his thrillers really are cinema landmarks, so there's that also On a bigger scale, this is a very important movie in the history of Hollywood. Since all the big "masters" from the previous decades have been shunned and cast away to Europe (Coppola, Polanski, Altman, Cimino, even Eastwood and Spielberg can't direct all of their projects), it only makes sense to see them heading towards the huge Chinese industry that had been looming at the horizon for so long... They are the only people able to compete with Hollywood, both in terms of cultural effervescence and finance. I wonder if more directors will follow de Palma in that direction... Great point, Yorick. Sure seems like it. Via De Palma Ala Mod: "China is putting emphasis on rejuvenation and protection of its culture as global force able to hold its own," writes Hong. "Recognizing that the competition with the West is fierce, Xi [Jinping] aims to control the trend of globalization in the film industry within China, and to raise the quality of domestic films for greater competitive power. With these goals on agenda, China is in the forefront of seeking talents for its film industry revolution." So De Palma is leading the filmmaking revolution once again! ;-)
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Post by Christian on Nov 11, 2015 19:10:52 GMT -5
This sounds very interesting, and like a perfect film for our man, Mr. Brian D. I especially like the idea of De Palma dealing with blindness and human senses in an action movie (thriller?) that "raises unsettling questions about government secrecy and what can and can’t be seen." The allegorical potential makes this film seem very well suited for Brian, who really is a master of the political allegory (Scarface, The Fury, Blow Out, Snake Eyes, Femme Fatale. The Fury and Femme Fatale were perhaps more what I would call "humanist allegories" than political, but you catch my drift.. I am probably forgetting some allegories, help me out...?) variety.com/2015/film/asia/brian-de-palma-to-direct-chinas-lights-out-exclusive-1201636308/www.angelfire.com/de/palma/blog/
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Post by Christian on Sept 19, 2014 17:50:36 GMT -5
Hi and welcome, Frank! I'm situated in Norway, so that's a no go for me, I'm afraid.. I just recently saw Phantom for the first time actually :$ I am, however, going to California this winter, and if anyone is interested it would be fun to meet up!
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Post by Christian on Sept 13, 2013 8:32:28 GMT -5
Yes, good observations guys. I've always been a bit mystified by the critical response to his films. Obviously his particular visual style is quite rare and therefore not widely understood. Which is really ironic since I kinda thought this was a visual medium anyway However a literary reading emphasizing character, story and dialogue is the dominating paradigm among scholars and critics. I think it's important to understand that critics in this tradition will never get DePalma. With this in mind I don't think a 35% fresh rating at RT and 52 at MetaCritic is that surprising. However, that's only part of the story, I believe. Reading a number of interviews with De Palma this summer it has become very clear to me there's another even more important reason why his films often don't connect with critics. Perhaps it was the interview at fillm.com that illustrated this best:http://www.film.com/movies/brian-de-palma-interview-passion His films clearly have a meta-level and De Palma does not shy away from engaging the audience on several different levels at the same time. Passion is both funny and scary at one the same time, it's both a character study and camp at once. So in other words, to fully appreciate his films, you have to both inside the story, flowing with it; and outside it, analysing all layers and meta-levels at the same time. It's a very complicated exercise that goes against the dominant tradition where you know which genre you're in, and what you are supposed to feel. With De Palma's films you have to feel and think at the same time, and in the case of Passion; even feel two different things at the same time. I will try to write more and give more concrete examples later..
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Post by Christian on Aug 22, 2013 6:24:03 GMT -5
Agree with everything you said about Hitchcock and De Palma. The plagiarism-allegations are pretty much just laziness from critics. Lynch is interesting as well. I consider Lost Highway one of the greatest films I've seen. Blue Velvet is interesting as well, need to rewatch the whole thing of of these days.. That scene with Kyle McLaughlan in the closet is brilliant pure cinema.. Just saw part of Alejandro Jodorowsky's Sante Sagre on YouTube. Did not really expect to like it, and there was indeed a scene that turned me off and I stopped watching. But I did not expect to see such a strongly visually driven film. Claerly a talented guy - I'll watch some more one day when I've worked up the stommach..
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Post by Christian on Aug 18, 2013 13:24:15 GMT -5
Great thread idea! Always interesting to see what other directors people like..
For me I would say: Sergio Leone (some of the strongest visuals of any director next to De Palma) Stanley Kubrick Wong Kar-Wai (mainly for In the Mood for Love, but Chungking Express, fallen Angels and The Grandmaster also deserves mention) Pedro Almodovar Alfred Hitchcock (Vertigo is astonishing) Steven Spielberg (frequently underrated) Jean-Pierre Mellville Martin Scorsese probably also (although somewhat overrated in my mind)
a few more probably..
Polanski I suppose also ( I LOVE Rosemary's Baby)..
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