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I've dropped myself into stra...

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.

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When you make a movie outside...

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 42 quotes

It's always great to discover...

It's always great to discover a new star of tomorrow.

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You know it's always amazed m...

You know it's always amazed me - I think the most startling thing that's happened in the last couple of decades is that there is no sort of objective reporting anymore.

Brian De Palma 42 quotes

Yeah, I had an idea to make a...

Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists.

Brian De Palma 42 quotes

The real trouble with film sc...

The 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.

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That's what noir feels like t...

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 42 quotes

The biggest mistake in studen...

The 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 Palma 42 quotes

Well, I just think through yo...

Well, I just think through your career you go through different phases, and I just got sort of uninspired by the whole studio process of making and releasing films.

Brian De Palma 42 quotes

I mean, I don't mind promotin...

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 42 quotes

Godard is incredibly brillian...

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 42 quotes

You know, when people want to...

You know, when people want to get any information, research information, it will all exist on these Web sites.

Brian De Palma 42 quotes

However, ironically, I was ba...

However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years.

Brian De Palma 42 quotes

I guess what's most surprised...

I guess what's most surprised me in most of the reviews is that they don't seem to get the noir story in the dream sequence, so they analyze it like a straight noir movie.

Brian De Palma 42 quotes

I've been obsessed with this ...

I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it.

Brian De Palma 42 quotes

And I always had this idea fo...

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 42 quotes

But, number one, I think trad...

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 42 quotes

I hadn't done just a straight...

I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures.

Brian De Palma 42 quotes

I've been sort of traveling a...

I've been sort of traveling around the country for ten years talking about independent features.

Brian De Palma 42 quotes

And we've become very doubtfu...

And we've become very doubtful of our information sources, because they're all controlled by these huge multilateral corporations.

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