The Fury

The Fury (Brian De Palma, 1978)

A government agent (Kirk Douglas) is determined to come to his son's (Andrew Stevens) rescue when a sinister official (John Cassavetes) kidnaps him to harbor his extremely powerful psychic abilities.

Body Double

Body Double (Brian De Palma, 1984)

A young man tries to make it as an actor in Hollywood but he struggles with his fear of confined spaces and his voyeuristic behaviors. This later vice will mix him with a mysterious murder of hitchcockian scape.

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill (Brian De Palma, 1980)

It centers on the murder of a housewife and an investigation involving a young prostitute who witnessed the murder, the victim’s teenaged son and her psychiatrist.

Carrie (1976)

Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976)

With the reinterpretation of Stephen King’s novel by Kimberly Pierce lately, it was natural that the classic Horror film that amongst all film enthusiasts, Quentin Tarantino himself ranks as one of his favorite films of all time would be revisited. And for Halloween’s sake let’s have a re-watch of this landmark.

Obsession (1976)

Obsession (Brian De Palma, 1976)

The early career of Brian De Palma is filled with very inspired films that many filmmakers have cited as inspirations like Sisters, Dressed to Kill, Carrie, and Blow-Up. His 1976 film, Obsession is openly inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, De Palma’s major and obvious influence. The script written by Paul Schrader has been widely rewritten by De Palma to simplify and make it more appealing to a wider audience. However, the plot and elements are revealing many recurring themes that Schrader has exploited in many of his other works.

Top Films of Brian De Palma by LMdC

1. Blow Out (1981)

2. Carrie (1976)

3. The Untouchables (1987)

4. Carlito’s Way (1993)

5. Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

6. Dressed to Kill (1980)
7. Femme Fatale (2002)

8. Scarface (1983)
9. Obsession (1976)

10. Casualties of War (1989)

11. Mission Impossible (1996)

I still need to see: Greetings (1968) The Wedding Party (1969) Hi, Mom! (1970) Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972) Sisters (1973) The Fury (1978) Home Movies (1979) Body Double (1984) Wise Guys (1986) The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) Raising Cain (1992) Snake Eyes (1998) Mission to Mars (2000) The Black Dahlia (2005) Redacted (2007)

Scarface (1983)

Scarface (Brian De Palma, 1983)

This remake of more than fifty years later of the 1932 masterpiece by Howard Hawks, directed by Brian De Palma is probably one of the most overrated pictures in the History of Cinema.

Of the original film, De Palma only kept the names of the characters and the frenzy of Tony Montana (Al Pacino). Many cinephiles consider Pacino’s over the top acting and crazy-incestuous Tony Montana as one of his greatest performances. They should put Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon and even The Godfather Part II in their DVD players before considering Scarface. His performance as the Latino mastermind of cocaine in Miami is nothing but annoying. De Palma deliberately asked Pacino to play a despicable character, but the acting got into over acting and in a persona that only inspire contempt and loath.