Brian De Palma: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers)
Although he will probably forever be most closely associated with the horror moviesCarrieandThe Fury,which put him on Hollywood's map, DePalma started out as a Godard-wanna-be inGreetingsandHi Mom, low-budget, politically conscious films starring a young Robert DeNiro, and has since directed everything from by-the-numbers blockbusters(Mission: Impossible)to bloated gangster flicks(Scarface, The Untouchables). Despite his eclecticism, he remains tainted by his reputation for violent misogyny (he cast his then-wife, Nancy Allen, as a prostitute in three consecutive films), the blatant Hitchcock rip-offs that characterized his early work, and the notorious megaflopBonfire of the Vanities,which derailed his career in the early '90s. These 19 interviews, drawn from major publications such as theNew York TimesandEsquire,specialty film publications, and even Web sites, don't shy away from the controversies surrounding DePalma's work. By turns evasive and confessional, the director voices his bitterness about Hollywood despite the fact that he has played the system cannily, making commercial blockbusters to get the green light for smaller, self-written efforts.Gordon FlaggCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.