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• I don’t see scarey films. I certainly wouldn’t go see my films.

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• I do like directing other people’s material.

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

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• However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school.

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• 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.

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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.

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

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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.

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Brian De Palma (28)

Birth:	11th September, 1940
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Film Director, Screenwriter

About

Brian De Palma was born in Newark, New Jersey. He is an American film director and screenwriter. In a career spanning over 40 years, he is probably best known for his suspense and crime thriller films. He directed successful and popular films such as Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Scarface, The Untouchables, Carlito's Way, and Mission: Impossible.  When he was in high school, he built computers. He won a regional science-fair prize for a project titled "An Analog Computer to Solve Differential Equations".

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