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Brian De Palma
American
Director
Born:
Sep 11
,
1940
Always
Because
Me
People
Time
You
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And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're sexy, they're manipulative, they're dangerous.
Brian De Palma
Dangerous
Characters
Sexy
About
Had
Idea
Like
Because
Always
Making
Femme
Femme Fatale
Lot
Movie
Movies
Manipulative
Fun
I 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 Palma
Mind
Way
Press
Promoting
Some
Talking
Going
Movie
Mean
Used
It's always great when you discover someone.
Brian De Palma
Great
You
Someone
Always
Discover
It's always great to discover a new star of tomorrow.
Brian De Palma
Great
Tomorrow
New
Always
Discover
Star
I'm always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of move into a motion picture venue.
Brian De Palma
Picture
Looking
Musical
Kind
Entity
New
Sort
Venue
Always
Motion
Motion Picture
Move
However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school.
Brian De Palma
Time
School
Spent
My Time
Quaker
Most
However
You know, when people want to get any information, research information, it will all exist on these Web sites.
Brian De Palma
You
People
Will
Research
Web
Web Sites
Know
Exist
Get
Sites
Any
Want
Information
Godard is incredibly brilliant, the things he says. Apparently here in France, the most interesting thing when a new film of his is going to come out are his press conferences, because he's so brilliant.
Brian De Palma
Brilliant
Incredibly
France
Press
Says
Out
He
New
Come
Most
Because
His
Conferences
Going
Interesting
Interesting Thing
Apparently
Film
Thing
Things
Here
I've been sort of traveling around the country for ten years talking about independent features.
Brian De Palma
Country
Independent
About
Ten
Ten Years
Features
Sort
Talking
Around
Been
Years
Traveling
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
Success
You
Financial
Big
Back
System
Critically
Outside
Make
Go
Big Hit
Hit
Moderate
Movie
Successful
I've dropped myself into straightforward character pieces in order to explore that form and reap its values. But you are sort of restricted visually when your first requirement is to tell a fairly straightforward story.
Brian De Palma
Myself
Character
You
Values
First
Reap
Tell
Restricted
Dropped
Pieces
Fairly
Sort
Order
Form
Story
Straightforward
Requirement
Explore
Your
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
Work
World
Live
Think
Noir
Contemporary
Because
Traditional
Anymore
Storytelling
Number
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
Dreams
Time
Me
You
Strong
Girl
Our
Our Dreams
Guilty
Kind
Dream
Kinds
See
Some
Archetypes
Pursued
Recurring
Stuff
Feels
Noir
Like
Know
Operating
Falling
Very
Being
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