About Brian De Palma: Brian Russell De Palma is an American film director and screenwriter. He was part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking.
I do like directing other people's material.
You really are as hot as your last movie. And it goes away really quickly.
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.
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.
However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school.
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.
You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time.
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.
But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore.
