Editing Brian De Palma (section)

==Reception and legacy==
De Palma is often cited as a leading member of the [[New Hollywood]] generation of film directors, a distinct pedigree who either emerged from film schools or are overtly cine-literate.<ref name="AVprimer" /> His contemporaries include [[Martin Scorsese]], [[Paul Schrader]], [[John Milius]], [[George Lucas]], [[Francis Ford Coppola]], [[Steven Spielberg]], [[John Carpenter]], and [[Ridley Scott]]. His artistry in directing and use of cinematography and suspense in several of his films has often been compared to the work of [[Alfred Hitchcock]].<ref name="AVprimer" /><ref name="FemmeFataleEbert" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/cl-ca-depalma24sep24,0,6512079.story|title=The Director's Craft: The death-deifying De Palma|access-date=December 26, 2007|first=Peter|last=Rainier|work=[[Los Angeles Times]] Calendar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325222433/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/cl-ca-depalma24sep24%2C0%2C6512079.story|archive-date=March 25, 2008|url-status=dead }}</ref> Psychologists have been intrigued by De Palma's fascination with pathology, by the aberrant behavior aroused in characters who find themselves manipulated by others.<ref name="Salamon27">Salamon, p. 27.</ref>

De Palma has encouraged and fostered the filmmaking careers of directors such as [[Mark Romanek]] and [[Keith Gordon]], the latter of whom collaborated with him twice as an actor, both in 1979's ''Home Movies'' and 1980's ''Dressed to Kill''.<ref name="Syfy">Zakarin, Jordan (February 18, 2019). [https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/genre-mvp-the-director-behind-all-your-favorite-peak-tv-shows "Keith Gordon is the directorbehind all your favorite peak TV shows"]. ''Syfy.com''.</ref> Filmmakers influenced by De Palma include [[Terrence Malick]],<ref>Fisher, Nate (June 17, 2016). [https://thefilmstage.com/dionysus-in-69-brian-de-palmas-balance-of-the-profane-and-the-political/ "'Dionysus in '69': Brian De Palma's Balance of the Profane and the Political"], Thefilmstage.com</ref> [[Quentin Tarantino]],<ref>Fitzmaurice, Larry (August 28, 2015). [http://www.vulture.com/2015/08/quentin-tarantino-the-complete-syllabus.html "Quentin Tarantino: The Complete Syllabus of His Influences and References"]. [[Vulture (blog)|Vulture]].</ref> [[Ronny Yu]],<ref name="Hammond-1996">{{cite book |last1=Hammond |first1=Stefan |last2=Wilkins |first2=Mike |title=Sex and Zen & A Bullet in the Head: The Essential Guide to Hong Kong's Mind-bending Films |date=1996 |publisher=[[Simon and Schuster]] |isbn=978-0-684-80341-8 |pages=201–202 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-a3AFvoy8-QC&q=%22InfluencedbyBrianDePalma%22&pg=PA202 |access-date=March 13, 2016 |language=en}}</ref> [[Don Mancini]],<ref>Topel, Fred (November 11, 2004). [http://movieweb.com/behind-the-scenes-of-seed-of-chucky/ "Behind-the-Scenes of 'Seed of Chucky'"]. [[MovieWeb]].</ref> [[Nacho Vigalondo]],<ref>Hatfull, Jonathan (August 25, 2014). [http://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/frightfest-2014-day-4-review-killers-singers-and-demons/ "FrightFest 2014 Day 4 review: killers, singers and demons"]. [[SciFiNow]].</ref> and [[Jack Thomas Smith]].<ref name="NJStage">Wien, Gary (October 19, 2014). [http://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?ID=4077 "Infliction: An Interview With Jack Thomas Smith"]. ''New Jersey Stage''.</ref> During an interview with De Palma, Quentin Tarantino said that ''[[Blow Out]]'' is one of his all-time favorite films, and that after watching ''[[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]'' he knew how to make his own film. [[John Travolta]]'s performance as Jack Terry in ''Blow Out'' even resulted in Tarantino casting him as Vincent Vega in his 1994 film ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'', which would go on to reinvigorate Travolta's then-declining career.<ref name="MerryGoRound">Smith, Hilary Jane (July 20, 2021). [https://merrygoroundmagazine.com/i-hate-when-a-man-is-right-brian-de-palmas-blow-out-at-40/ "I Hate When a Man Is Right: Brian De Palma’s BLOW OUT at 40"]. ''Merry-Go-Round Magazine''.</ref> Tarantino also placed ''[[Carrie (1976 film)|Carrie]]'' at number eight in a list of his favorite films.<ref>{{cite web | title = Quentin Tarantino's Handwritten List of the 11 Greatest Movies | url = http://www.openculture.com/2013/08/quentin-tarantinos-handwritten-list-of-the-11-greatest-movies.html | work = Empire | year = 2008 | access-date = October 2, 2013 | archive-date = October 5, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131005001159/http://www.openculture.com/2013/08/quentin-tarantinos-handwritten-list-of-the-11-greatest-movies.html | url-status = live}}</ref>

Critics who frequently admire De Palma's work include [[Pauline Kael]] and [[Roger Ebert]]. Kael wrote in her review of ''Blow Out'', "At forty, Brian De Palma has more than twenty years of moviemaking behind him, and he has been growing better and better. Each time a new film of his opens, everything he has done before seems to have been preparation for it."<ref name="KaelBO">Kael, Pauline (July 27, 1981). [http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1830-blow-out-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-gadgeteer "Blow Out: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Gadgeteer"]. ''[[The New Yorker]]''. Retrieved February 3, 2012. <!-- Link is to Criterion reprint of original article. --></ref> In his review of ''[[Femme Fatale (2002 film)|Femme Fatale]]'', [[Roger Ebert]] wrote about the director: "De Palma deserves more honor as a director. Consider also these titles: ''Sisters'', ''Blow Out'', ''The Fury'', ''Dressed to Kill'', ''Carrie'', ''Scarface'', ''Wise Guys'', ''Casualties of War'', ''Carlito's Way'', ''Mission: Impossible''. Yes, there are a few failures along the way (''Snake Eyes'', ''Mission to Mars'', ''The Bonfire of the Vanities''), but look at the range here, and reflect that these movies contain treasure for those who admire the craft as well as the story, who sense the glee with which De Palma manipulates images and characters for the simple joy of being good at it. It's not just that he sometimes works in the style of Hitchcock, but that he has the nerve to."<ref name="FemmeFataleEbert">Ebert, Roger (November 6, 2002). [https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/femme-fatale-2002 "''Femme Fatale'' (2002)"]. ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''. Retrieved January 14, 2012.</ref>

The influential French film magazine ''[[Cahiers du Cinéma]]'' has placed five of De Palma's films (''[[Carlito's Way]]'', ''[[Mission: Impossible (1996 film)|Mission: Impossible]]'', ''[[Snake Eyes (1998 film)|Snake Eyes]]'', ''[[Mission to Mars]]'', and ''[[Redacted (film)|Redacted]]'') on their annual top ten list, with ''Redacted'' placing first on the 2008 list. The magazine also listed ''Carlito's Way'' as the greatest film of the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~ejohnson/critics/cahiers.html|title=Cahiers du Cinema: Top Ten Lists 1951–2009|last=Johnson|first=Eric C.|website=alumnus.caltech.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2020-09-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327102838/http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~ejohnson/critics/cahiers.html|archive-date=2012-03-27|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Julie Salamon]] has written that critics have accused De Palma of being "a perverse misogynist",<ref name="Salamon27" /> to which De Palma has responded with, "I'm always attacked for having an erotic, sexist approach{{Snd}} chopping up women, putting women in peril. I'm making suspense movies! What else is going to happen to them?"<ref>Caputi, Jane (June 15, 1987). ''The Age of Sex Crime''. Popular Press. p. 92</ref>

His films have also been interpreted as feminist and examined for their perceived [[queer]] affinities. In ''[[Film Comment]]''{{'s}} "Queer and Now and Then" column on ''[[Femme Fatale (2002 film)|Femme Fatale]]'', film critic Michael Koresky writes that "De Palma's films radiate an undeniable queer energy" and notes the "intense appeal" De Palma's films have for gay critics.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Koresky |first=Michael |date=July 17, 2019 |title=Queer and Now and Then: 2002 |url=https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/queer-and-now-and-then-2002/ |magazine=[[Film Comment]] |location=New York |publisher=Film at Lincoln Center |access-date=2020-09-05}}</ref> In her book ''The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema'', [[Linda Ruth Williams]] writes that "De Palma understood the cinematic potency of dangerous fucking, perhaps earlier than his feminist detractors".<ref>{{cite book |last=Williams |first=Linda |date=September 8, 2005 |title=The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema |publisher=Indiana University Press |page=84 |isbn=978-0253218360}}</ref>

[[Robin Wood (critic)|Robin Wood]] considered ''[[Sisters (1972 film)|Sisters]]'' an overtly feminist film, writing that "one can define the monster of ''Sisters'' as women's liberation; adding only that the film follows the time-honored horror film tradition of making the monster emerge as the most sympathetic character and its emotional center."<ref>{{cite book |last=Wood |first=Robin |date=July 15, 2003 |title=Hollywood From Vietnam to Reagan&nbsp;... and Beyond |publisher=Columbia University Press |page=134 |isbn=978-0231129671}}</ref> Pauline Kael's review of ''[[Casualties of War]]'', "A Wounded Apparition", describes the film as "feminist" and notes that "De Palma was always involved in examining (and sometimes satirizing) victimization, but he was often accused of being a victimizer".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kael |first=Pauline |date=August 14, 1989 |title=A Wounded Apparition |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1989/08/21/a-wounded-apparition |magazine=The New Yorker |location=New York |publisher=Condé Nast |access-date=2020-09-05}}</ref> [[Helen Grace]], in a piece for ''Lola'', writes that upon seeing ''[[Dressed to Kill (1980 film)|Dressed to Kill]]'' amidst calls for a boycott from feminist groups Women Against Violence Against Women and [[Women Against Pornography]], that the film "seemed to say more about masculine anxiety than about the fears that women were expressing in relation to the film".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Grace |first=Helen |author-link=Helen Grace |date=September 2013 |title=Responsive Eyes and Crossing Lines: Forty Years of Looking and Reading |url=http://www.lolajournal.com/4/responsive.html |journal=Lola}}</ref> De Palma has also expressed contrition for the depiction of a transgender murderer in the film, saying in a 2016 interview "I don't know what the transgender community would think [of the film now]... Obviously I realize that it's not good for their image to be transgender and also be a psychopathic murderer. But I think that [perception] passes with time. We're in a different time." In the same interview, he said he was "glad" that the film had become a "a favorite of the gay community".<ref>McGovern, Joe. [https://ew.com/article/2016/06/09/brian-de-palma-women/ "Brian De Palma on how he depicts women in his films,"] ''Entertainment Weekly'' 9 Jun. 2016.</ref>

[[David Thomson (film critic)|David Thomson]] wrote in his entry for De Palma, "There is a self-conscious cunning in De Palma's work, ready to control everything except his own cruelty and indifference."<ref>Thomson, p. 257.</ref> [[Matt Zoller Seitz]] objected to this characterisation, writing that there are films from the director which can be seen as "straightforwardly empathetic and/or moralistic".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/from-the-short-stack-david-thomson-on-brian-de-palma-in-the-new-biographical-dictionary-of-film/|title=From the Short Stack: David Thomson on Brian De Palma in ''The New Biographical Dictionary of Film''|last=Seitz|first=Matt Zoller|work=[[Slant Magazine]]|date=September 20, 2006|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref>

His life and career in his own words was the subject of the 2015 documentary ''[[De Palma (film)|De Palma]],'' directed by [[Noah Baumbach]] and [[Jake Paltrow]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=De Palma (2015) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/de_palma |access-date=2021-05-10 |website=Rottentomatoes.com |date=June 10, 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=David Rooney |date=September 8, 2015 |title='De Palma': Venice Review |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/noah-baumbach-jake-paltrows-de-821141 |access-date=28 April 2016}}</ref>