Mark Kermode reviews De Palma

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  • Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
  • Mark Kermode reviews De Palma. Documentary in which the writer/ director talks about his life and career.
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Комментарии • 66

  • @56postoffice
    @56postoffice 5 лет назад +20

    *"Sisters"* is class. *"Carrie"* is up there as one of the true greats, introduced the *shock ending* in horror.

  • @jonny5779
    @jonny5779 6 лет назад +15

    The Untouchables is a great piece of work, and its one of my favorite DePalma films.

  • @Pumba0306
    @Pumba0306 3 года назад +9

    De Palma is severely under appreciated, my favorite director

  • @dpw81
    @dpw81 8 лет назад +36

    I love De Palma's early stuff, it's like warped Hitchcock.

    • @clapattack7235
      @clapattack7235 7 лет назад +4

      dpw81 dressed to kill is his most Hitchcockian film

    • @fredfat1606
      @fredfat1606 6 лет назад +5

      hitchcock films are warped

    • @rnw2739
      @rnw2739 5 лет назад +4

      @@clapattack7235 Hitchcockian?!! Its a virtual utter rip-off of 'Psycho'.... only difference being it's not set in a desolate motel.

    • @clapattack7235
      @clapattack7235 5 лет назад +7

      @RNW It is to an extent. The plot has the exact same beats I will never debate that; but it's themes are different for its time. I find it to be more beautifully shot and crafted with its show, don't tell visual storytelling. But in the whole it is a near identical Psycho. The same can be said for Body Double being a combo ripoff/homage to Rear Window and Vertigo slapped together with 80s levels of cocaine.

    • @rnw2739
      @rnw2739 5 лет назад +2

      @@clapattack7235 Dont get me wrong I still enjoy watching 'Dressed to Kill' but.... the murder of Angie Dickinson in the lift (DePalmas shower scene) is SOOOO staged, rehearsed and operatic it is laughable....made even more hilarious at the sight of Michael Caine with that ridiculous syrup!

  • @jonny5779
    @jonny5779 5 лет назад +23

    Casualties of War is extremely underrated

    • @kentallard8852
      @kentallard8852 4 года назад +3

      I always felt the ending was a cop out, in real life the four soldiers all successfully appealed their convictions and got reduced sentences and were then paroled within a few years - one of them even committed a second murder in the 1980s. The film should have mentioned this instead of ending on a faux-happy ending of justice being 'served'.

    • @lsmoulton
      @lsmoulton 2 года назад

      And great score by Ennio Morricone !

    • @rnw2739
      @rnw2739 2 года назад

      Definitely!! It is a fantastic film.

  • @timtrek
    @timtrek 5 лет назад +38

    Brian De Palma's ideological problem is that he's free of ideological problems

    • @kentallard8852
      @kentallard8852 4 года назад +7

      His two war films show he is on the progressive left

    • @nidhavellir
      @nidhavellir 2 года назад +4

      God forbid we should have artists who can think beyond partisan platitudes.

    • @haintedhouse2990
      @haintedhouse2990 2 года назад

      @@nidhavellir God forbid De Palma does a film that doesn't border on plagiarism. hello Hitch!

    • @benfisher1376
      @benfisher1376 8 месяцев назад

      Who cares about his politics?

  • @positiveenergy9134
    @positiveenergy9134 8 лет назад +24

    John Lithgow is brilliant in Movie Blow Out. Great Ending like the great Billy Friedkin Movie, To Live & Die İn L.A

    • @Bringos76
      @Bringos76 3 года назад

      To Live & Die in L.A. is a classic.

  • @marijumanji
    @marijumanji 8 лет назад +8

    I really enjoyed this documentary.

  • @majortom4658
    @majortom4658 5 лет назад +5

    Highly recommend, BRIAN DE PALMA - MASTERPIECES, on RUclips for a beautifully orchestrated film tribute mix of cinematic cinematography, dialogue & song, FANTASTIC !!!!!

  • @kdizzle901
    @kdizzle901 2 года назад +2

    Blow Out is a masterpiece

  • @ricardocantoral7672
    @ricardocantoral7672 3 года назад +4

    Carlito's Way is his best film. My top five De Palma's films:
    1.Carlito's Way
    2. Femme Fatale
    3. Blow Out
    4. Passion
    5. Carrie

    • @kdizzle901
      @kdizzle901 2 года назад

      Blow Out
      Carlitos Way
      The Untouchables
      Carrie
      Body Double

  • @Slowdived80
    @Slowdived80 3 года назад +5

    Wonderful director my top 5 by him are
    Carlito's Way
    Scarface
    Carrie
    The Untouchables
    Casualties Of War ( seeing michael j fox in a serious role is quite something)

  • @FilmFan1971
    @FilmFan1971 4 года назад +5

    Has Simon seen Phantom of the Paradise now?

  • @LikwidAyshun
    @LikwidAyshun 8 лет назад +5

    Mayo getting a dig in at Tim Polecat.

  • @harryiglesias
    @harryiglesias 4 года назад +4

    Body Double is quite wonderful....

  • @kentallard8852
    @kentallard8852 4 года назад +4

    Its strange that the ideology being discussed here is how women are the victims of male antagonists in thrillers, and not something like Redacted and how it was treated in the US on release

  • @edwardtoyebo9690
    @edwardtoyebo9690 3 года назад

    Hard to discuss a filmmakers career when you have not seen key films of said filmmaker. Phantom of The Paradise is essential DePalma. What floored me, hearing that producers were the ones pushing Split Screen shots and not the director. Both Paradise and Carrie have the most elaborate split screen shots, specifically the rock and roll number Upholstery from Paradise. I love DePalma's style.

  • @benjizee7307
    @benjizee7307 8 лет назад +4

    SWAAAAANNNN!

  • @danboy77
    @danboy77 3 года назад +2

    Never have I seen a film with such despair as Carrie.

  • @stephencampbell2115
    @stephencampbell2115 11 месяцев назад

    Of all the Hollywood maverick directors Brian De Palma is the best

  • @kentallard8852
    @kentallard8852 4 года назад +4

    why is it misogynistic for the WIFE KILLER to use an oversized possibly phalic drill to murder his wife? He's the bad guy! He's killing his wife! Of course he is going to do something horrible and twisted. That doesn't reflect the directors views.

    • @hudldevice1092
      @hudldevice1092 11 месяцев назад

      Agreed. It's absolutely absurd.

  • @lisquidsnake
    @lisquidsnake 8 лет назад +1

    Any chance of reviewing White Girl?

  • @UlrichUlrich
    @UlrichUlrich 8 лет назад +14

    Bad documentary IMO - they just rushed through all of the movies, not delving into any of them. I did not learn anything I didn't already know about the movies or De Palma. Very disappointing doc.

  • @deckofcards87
    @deckofcards87 6 лет назад +4

    Only problem I have with his movies are that most of them rely on style over substance. But the few exceptions that don't are fantastic.

    • @ricardocantoral7672
      @ricardocantoral7672 3 года назад +6

      The style is the substance.

    • @haintedhouse2990
      @haintedhouse2990 2 года назад

      his films seem uneven to me, going from impressive moments to artsy fartsy overkill like his endless slow motion sequences - seems like it took Sissy Spacek 20 minutes to get to the stage at her prom.

    • @rnw2739
      @rnw2739 2 года назад

      @@haintedhouse2990 Well, the majority of the audience were overwhelmed for her character, seemingly being accepted at last whilst also dreading the 'prank' that lies in wait..... You must be unique in that you obviously couldn't wait for Carrie's night to get ruined..

    • @haintedhouse2990
      @haintedhouse2990 2 года назад

      @@rnw2739 settle down drama queen - that's a clueless statement "i couldn't wait for Carrie's night to get ruined" i was talking from a technical stand -point, in other words TOO MUCH SLOW MOTION.

    • @rnw2739
      @rnw2739 2 года назад

      @@haintedhouse2990 Shut it, histrionic iron hoof, you don't need to explain anything to me. Yes, I fully understood you found there was too much slow-motion during the film, which simply shows you weren't that interested in the story.... What a boring **** you sound like lol

  • @ironhills
    @ironhills 8 лет назад +10

    What ideological problems? He makes pulp.

    • @richardstevens8839
      @richardstevens8839 2 года назад

      That’s all very well when you discount the language and technical aspects of Cinema

    • @chrissmith8526
      @chrissmith8526 3 месяца назад

      @@richardstevens8839