nwatts said:
Argh, don’t make such stupid assumptions. De Palma’s a sloppy, overrated director. His fetish with long camera takes is just, stupid. He seemed to have trained at the Spielberg school of subtlety. And exactly what does prolificacy have to do with anything? De Palma has been making films for 46 years. Coppola has made films for 7. That’s got to be the most ridiculous statement I’ve heard from you.
i said he's made more
great films than those directors. and why is his obsession with long takes stupid? do you think scorsese's obsession with this technique is stupid too? i don't get the 'subtlety = good' argument either. his style perfectly complements his subject matter, and and even at his most bombastic and melodramatic, he can be subversive.
blow out is a fantastic meditation on the nature of the medium he works in, and a damned entertaining film to boot.
which de palma films have you seen, anyway?
Benny said:
Brick's received some pretty negative reviews, but the few scenes I've seen looked really interesting.
huh? ebert and peter travers loved it (not that the latter is very reliable, but he seems to agree with the consensus regarding most films), and it has 100% at rottentomatoes (only 7 reviews, but still...). i haven't heard a bad word about it yet.
