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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.

~Brian De Palma

Topics: Far Film Film School Give Happening Idea Industry Out People Real School Students Teaching Trouble

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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

Topics: Analyze Dream Get Guess Like Me Most Movie Noir Reviews Seem Sequence Story Straight Surprised

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I do like directing other people's material.

~Brian De Palma

Topics: Directing Like Material Other People

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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

Topics: Back Big Big Hit Critically Financial Go Hit Make Moderate Movie Outside Success Successful System You

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You really are as hot as your last movie. And it goes away really quickly.

~Brian De Palma

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So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it's one of the most exciting aspects of making movies and almost a lost art at this point.

~Brian De Palma

Topics: Almost Art Aspects Back Because Develop Exciting Go Like Lost Making Making Movies Me Most Movies Point Pure Storytelling Try Visual

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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

Topics: About Always Because Characters Dangerous Femme Femme Fatale Fun Had Idea Like Lot Making Manipulative Movie Sexy

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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

Topics: Anymore Because Contemporary Live Noir Number Storytelling Think Traditional Work World I Think

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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

Topics: Archetypes Being Dream Dreams Falling Feels Girl Guilty Kind Kinds Know Like Me Noir Operating Our Our Dreams Pursued Recurring See Some Strong Stuff Time Very You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: September 11th, 1940

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