About Brian De Palma

DePalma is proof that my teachers were wrong when they told me not to plagiarize. Like TS Eliot said, "Immature poets imitate; Mature poets steal."

Zach Closs and 3 others like this

No-Limb Joe

7Apr12

well-put, my friend.
Roscoe

10Apr12

Part of the equation would have to involve what those mature poets do with what they steal -- De Palma does nothing but cheapen and vulgarize his borrowed materials.
Zachary George Najarian-Najafi

10Apr12

De Palma definitely vulgarizes his material, but I've never felt that he's asking me to take it seriously. His films are more tongue in cheek. He's saying there's nothing wrong with a film being a grand spectacle in style.
Roscoe

10Apr12

Nor is there anything wrong with a film being a grand exercise in style. The problem is that DePalma's films are really really bad grand exercises in style.