The 70 best phrases of Brian de Palma

If you are a fan of Scarface or Carrie then you must love the work of Brian Russell De Palma, director and screenwriter of American cinema, which brought to the seventh art the technique of voyeurism as a way of presenting and telling a story, becoming his personal hallmark.

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Great quotes from Brian de Palma

In this article we will know a little more about this director and screenwriter with the best phrases of Brian de Palma on various topics.

1. Beauty has deserted the screens.

The world of cinema is no longer the same as it was some years ago.

2. There's a lot of controversy around how Scarface was edited, but really, everything I left out to appease the rating board, then I put it back in and that's what you see.

We cannot please everyone.

3. It all came from problems with the sound of the wind while I was editing another movie.

Of the errors also learn.

4. But a photo proves otherwise! Life is made like that, it seems to me.

Life is full of unique moments.

5. I've always been a controversial director.

It refers to the facet as director of Brian de Palma.

6. So I would like to go back and develop purely visual storytelling. Because for me, it's one of the most exciting aspects of making movies and almost a lost art right now.

Expressing oneself through movement and gestures is something that we do not put into practice.

7. For each scene, I look for the most suitable shot or camera movement to convey the information that I want to reach the viewer.

When doing our work, we must do it in the best possible way.

8. I like directing other people's material.

Sometimes it is easier to use the material already made.

9. And I always had this idea of ​​making a movie about a fatal woman, because I like these characters.

Talking about his fascination with 'Femme Fatales'.

10. That's what noir feels like to me. It feels like a kind of repeating dream, with very strong archetypes operating. You know, the innocent girl chased, falling, all kinds of things that we see in our dreams all the time.

Talking about her passion for film noir.

11. I like to make two types of movies, precisely because they are completely different.

Doing different things helps us fight everyday life.

12. I learned Hitchcock's vocabulary, but I also developed many other tricks alone ...

From what we have learned we can develop our own vision.

13. It matters little whether it is realistic or not. Realism is meager.

Reality often exceeds fantasy.

14. When you have a movie that transcends the decade it was made and keeps going and going and going.

Things that are done with love are eternal.

15. I worked with it all my life. Politicians lie. Trump lies, but he is not the first.

Politicians are poorly qualified.

16. I have no idea how the movie is going to work, but the thing is, I don't care in the least.

You don't have to focus on the future, just do your job today.

17. I like to make films based on visual ideas and quite strange psychological ideas and I also like genre films based on the characters and the story ...

The theme on which the cinema can lean is very varied.

18. No art has a shorter life than political art.

Strong criticism of politics.

19. However, I spent most of my life in a Quaker school.

It refers to the religious education that this director had during his childhood.

20. It feels like a kind of repeating dream, with very strong archetypes operating.

On many occasions, we feel as if everything is something unreal.

21. We went to war, we didn't find anything, but it's not serious: since we're here, we stay. And that's how we invade a country without a valid reason.

There is nothing that really justifies a war.

22. They are very funny, they are attractive, they are manipulative, they are dangerous.

Reference to how he sees the attitudes of Femme Fatales.

23. The camera lies all the time; lie 24 times a second.

Not everything we see is reality.

24. Many of my critics believe that my films are not seen. They just read the synopses and criticize them.

To criticize something you have to know very well about the subject.

25. Hitchcock was the master of film grammar.

Words to highlight the work of Alfred Hitchcock.

26. 90% of the history of cinema is made up of men who like to watch women.

Favorite stories are those in which romance is expressed.

27. There is something that connects with her from generation to generation. I mean, Scarface is basically the American dream through a gangster saga.

It refers to the importance that this film had at the time.

28. I know that I always generate controversial reactions.

Our opinions are to everyone's liking.

29. You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time.

It is good to know all kinds of music.

30. You know, the innocent girl chased, falling, all kinds of things that we see in our dreams all the time.

Success comes from dreams.

31. But someone who can survive Bonfire of the Vanities and Body Double, and still be in the industry, I think he can take anything.

In the film industry there are successful films and others that are not.

32. Jean-Luc Godard used to say that cinema is the truth 24 times a second.

Cinema reflects a large part of reality.

33. When I started making films in New York in the sixties, I had ideals, I was anti-capitalist.

Over the years we change.

34. Real life only serves to solve the problems that arise in the life of the cinema.

The cinema feeds on the daily routine of life.

35. It is always great to discover a new star of tomorrow.

Life is made up of constant discoveries.

36. On the other hand, I believe that the cinema is the lie 24 times per second.

Cinema is largely based on fiction.

37. With the cinema my personal life is suddenly interrupted.

We must not let professional life interfere with personal life.

38. Well… The corruption is tremendous, and we continue to engage in futile wars.

Corruption leads to bad decisions.

39. Things have not changed since then. Capitalism is still there, unchanging.

It refers to the system of government that is still in force.

40. My films are increasingly built around three or four important visual scenes in which, for me, the whole film is.

In the simplest things you will find the truth.

41. It's always great when you discover someone.

Discovering new opportunities is always fun.

42. My job is then to place transitions between those scenes and make the tension of the film move towards the most spectacular of all.

There are circumstances in which we must work hard to be successful.

43. They were too harsh, too un-American. Nobody wants to see that. But the truth always ends up coming out.

The truth, even if it is very difficult, is always known.

44. I like to exploit all the facets of the cinematographic language and all the resources of the camera.

Knowing how to take advantage of all the tools we have at hand guarantees us an excellent result.

45. My films age well.

Referring to the fact that her movies are still being watched.

46. Almería is a wonderful city, with very good locations.

It is good to have a suitable environment to work.

47. You have to fight.

We have to fight for what we want.

48. If you're in this business, you better have a sense of humor.

Taking everything with humor makes life easier.

49. Movies don't change. The political context, the critical establishment and the fashions change.

The world is constantly changing.

50. I had all the trouble in the world to finance it.

Talking about her movie. Domino her.

51. For this reason I have long been calm about criticism. Because I know it is fluctuating and that my films age well.

We must not let criticism destroy our dreams.

52. It is an essential building block for movie drama and it can be extremely effective, extremely emotional, and extremely dramatic.

Having violence as a subject for making movies always pays off.

53. When you make a movie, the reaction is usually the opposite of what you expected.

It is normal that sometimes we do not trust our talents.

54. I have never had such a horrible experience.

We can have bad experiences, but that does not affect the desire we have to achieve the proposed goal.

55. I piled up a lot of ideas over the years. Not always scripts, just ideas, developed over a few pages, which I don't think will naturally become a movie.

We have a lot of ideas but we don't know what to do with it.

56. I think it's the bloodiest murder I've ever done.

Describing the Dressed to Kill murder scene.

57. You have to believe in yourself and move on regardless of what they say or what they think of you.

The opinions of others should not influence your opinion of yourself.

58. The Hollywood system in which we work does nothing but destroy us, it has nothing good in terms of creativity.

A comfortable and pleasant environment is essential to do a good job.

59. Instead of spoiling them, why not make a book out of them? I'm 77 years old: How many more movies can I make? The novel arises from all these unfinished projects that haunted me.

Referring to his book.

60. If you are going to follow someone to murder, I much prefer to be photographing a woman than a man.

Making mention of the world of photography.

61. I have tried to make the movies as good as possible to make them work. I don't think my view of them has changed over the years.

We must always put all our efforts into everything we do.

62. We fight against a very perverse system, whose values ​​are the opposite of what the creation of good and original films is supposed to be.

You will always find dishonest people who want to damage your work.

63. Susan, my partner, who was an editor at the New York Times, helped me transform all these scraps of stories in a novel, especially delving into the characters: I draw archetypes, Susan makes them meat. We had a lot of fun doing it.

Teamwork is very pleasant.

64. My first couple of movies were rated "X" when the rating system started in 1968.

There are people who believe that they do your job better than you do.

65. The intrigues of a politician with a woman who made his campaign videos seemed like a good starting point, and the rest was added little by little, over time.

Intrigues always hurt.

66. For my generation, the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy has been decisive. I read all the theories about that crime and the result was Blow Out.

She talks about the assassination of President Kennedy.

67. Even though they gave it an X, I was able to appeal to the commission and we got it through.

Commenting on the censorship of Scarface.

68. I usually have a visual idea, through an image and then the idea of ​​a character.

Phrase that describes the stages that this director has when making a movie.

69. Life is crazier than any fiction, it is evidence.

Life is a constant madness.

70. They hate me or adore me.

The two parallels that we cause in people thanks to our actions.