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Brian De Palma's Split-screen, a life in film, Douglas Keesey

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-339) and index

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Brian De Palma's Split-screen

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Douglas Keesey

a life in film

Over the last five decades, the film of director Brian De Palma (b. 1940) have been among the biggest successes (The Untouchables, Mission: Impossible) and the most high-profile failures (The Bonfire of the Vanities) in Hollywood history. De Palma helped launch the careers of such prominent actors as Robert De Niro, John Travolta, and Sissy Spacek (who was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actress in Carrie). Indeed Quentin Tarantino named Blow Out as one of his top three favorite films, praising De Palma as the best living American director. Picketed by feminists protesting its depictions of violence against women, Dressed to Kill helped to create the erotic thriller genre. Scarface, with its over-the-top performance by Al Pacino, remains a cult favorite. In the twenty-first century, De Palma has continued to experiment, incorporating elements from videogames (Femme Fatale), tabloid journalism (The Black Dahlia), YouTube, and Skype (Redacted and Passion) into his latest works. Douglas Keesey takes a biographical approach to De Palma's cinema, showing how De Palma reworks events from his own life into his films. Written in an accessible style and including a chapter on every one of his films to date, this book is for anyone who wants to know more about De Palma's controversial films or who wants to better understand the man who made them. -- from back cover

The Wedding Party (1964-65) -- Murder à la Mod (1966) -- Greetings (1968) -- Dionysus in '69 (1970) -- Hi, Mom! (1970) -- Get to know your Rabbit (1972) -- Sisters (1973) -- Phantom of the Paradise (1974) -- Obsession (1976) -- Carrie (1976) -- The Fury (1978) -- Home Movies (1980) -- Dressed to Kill (1980) -- Blow Out (1981) -- Scarface (1983) -- Body Double (1984) -- Wise Guys (1986) -- The Untouchables (1987) -- Caualties of War (1989) -- The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) -- Raising Cain (1992) -- Carlito's Way (1993) -- Mission: Impossible (1996) -- Snake Eyes (1998) -- Mission to Mars (2000) -- Femme Fatale (2002) -- The Black Dahlia (2006) -- Redacted (2007) -- Passion (2012)