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The De Palma Decade

Redefining Cinema with Doubles, Voyeurs, and Psychic Teens

by Laurent Bouzereau
Dani Martineck
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Journey with award-winning filmmaker and author Laurent Bouzereau through acclaimed director Brian De Palma's renowned—and controversial—horror and thriller films that redefined cinema in the 1970s and early 80s with new interviews and fresh takes.

Among a crop of fresh filmmakers including Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, and Francis Ford Coppola revolutionizing Hollywood in the '70s, Brian De Palma—a director from Philadelphia with a few social satires under his belt—charted a cinematic path unlike any of his peers. At times he was unfairly dismissed as a Hitchcock copycat; other times he was misunderstood for his peculiar mix of sexuality, humor, music, and violence. But, over the course of ten years, he created a new cinematic language, melding his signature themes with specific filmmaking techniques that are now synonymous with his name.

Acclaimed filmmaker Laurent Bouzereau explores the seven films that came to define the De Palma decade—Sisters, Phantom of the Paradise, Obsession, Carrie, The Fury, Dressed to Kill, and Blow Out. Combining film analysis, detailed production histories, and new interviews with De Palma himself, his casts, and collaborators, Bouzereau presents the definitive record on this unrivaled period of cinematic creativity and the emergence of an auteur who would continue to influence filmmaking in the decades that followed.

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    September 3, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9781668644225
      • File size: 224631 KB
      • Duration: 07:47:58

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      Starred review from September 1, 2024

      Hitchcock's heir or Hitchcock hack? Brian De Palma has a divisive legacy and an inconsistent filmography, yet even his critically derided titles have ardent fans, and several box office bombs are now considered cult classics. Bouzereau (Spielberg: The First Ten Years) has previously documented the director's work in print and film. This admiring book examines seven films produced over 10 years (Carrie, Dressed To Kill, Obsession, The Fury, Phantom of the Paradise, Sisters, and Blow Out). Combining cast and crew interviews acquired over his years of research with a close reading of each film, he argues that De Palma has a distinctive voice and illustrates the intentionality of his choices. Many interviews include actors who were shocked by his intricate storyboarding and how music and sound design are emphasized as much as De Palma's use of split screens, slow motion, and other visual signatures. The general public didn't initially support his horror/rock musical Phantom of the Paradise. However, it's the movie De Palma intended to make, and some viewers feel it was made for them. VERDICT Bouzereau persuasively shows readers the substance behind De Palma's style while revealing how he connected to these films as a young gay man.--Terry Bosky

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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