Editing Brian De Palma (section)

===1980–1996: Established career ===
The 1980s were marked by some of De Palma's best known films, including the erotic thriller [[Dressed to Kill (1980 film)| ''Dressed to Kill'']] (1980) starring [[Michael Caine]] and [[Angie Dickinson]]. Although the film received critical acclaim, it caused controversy for its negative depiction of the [[transgender]] community.<ref>{{cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=July 25, 1980 |title='Dressed to Kill,' DePalma Mystery |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/07/25/archives/dressed-to-kill-depalma-mystery.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 29, 2017}}</ref> The following year he directed ''[[Blow Out]]'' (1981), a variation on [[Michelangelo Antonioni]]'s ''[[Blow-Up]]'' (1966) and [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s ''[[The Conversation]]'' (1974) starring [[John Travolta]], [[Nancy Allen (actress)|Nancy Allen]] and [[John Lithgow]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=July 24, 1981 |title=Travolta Stars in DePalma's 'Blow Out' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/24/movies/travolta-stars-in-depalma-s-blow-out.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 29, 2017}}</ref> The film received critical acclaim. Kael wrote: "De Palma has sprung to the place that [[Robert Altman]] achieved with films such as ''[[McCabe & Mrs. Miller]]'' and [[Nashville (film)|''Nashville'']] and that Francis Ford Coppola reached with ''[[The Godfather]]'' films—that is, to the place where [[genre]] is transcended and what we're moved by is an artist's vision. It's a great movie."<ref>{{Cite news| last = Kael| first = Pauline| author-link = Pauline Kael| title=Portrait of the Artist as a Young Gadgeteer| date=July 27, 1981| work=[[The New Yorker]]| url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/02/21/portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-gadgeteer-excerpt}}
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De Palma directed [[Scarface (1983 film)|''Scarface'']] (1983), a remake of [[Howard Hawks]]'s [[Scarface (1932 film)|1932 film]], starring [[Al Pacino]] and [[Michelle Pfeiffer]] with a screenplay by [[Oliver Stone]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=December 9, 1983 |title=Screen: Al Pacino Stars in 'Scarface' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/09/movies/screen-al-pacino-stars-in-scarface.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 29, 2017}}</ref> The film received mixed reviews with its negative depictions of ethnic stereotypes, as well as its violence and profanity. It has since been re-evaluated and is now considered a [[cult classic]]. The following year he made another erotic thriller, ''[[Body Double]]'' (1984), starring [[Craig Wasson]] and [[Melanie Griffith]]. The film also received mixed reviews but has since had a reassessment and found acclaim.<ref>{{cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=October 26, 1984 |title=Film: DePalma Evokes 'Vertigo' in Body Double |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/26/movies/film-depalma-evokes-vertigo-in-body-double.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 29, 2017}}</ref> De Palma directed the music video for [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s single "[[Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen song)|Dancing in the Dark]]" the same year.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cullen |first=Jim |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e3L03KPmZb0C&pg=PA119 |title=Born in the U.S.A.: Bruce Springsteen and the American Tradition |date=2005 |publisher=[[Wesleyan University Press]] |isbn=0-8195-6761-2 |location=Middletown, Connecticut |page=119}}</ref>
[[File:Brian De Palma at 1991 Venice Film Festival.jpg|thumb|right|170px|De Palma at the [[48th Venice International Film Festival|1991 Venice Film Festival]]]]
In 1987, De Palma directed the crime film ''[[The Untouchables (1987 film)|The Untouchables]]'', loosely based on the [[The Untouchables (book)|book of the same name]] and adapted by [[David Mamet]]. The film stars [[Kevin Costner]], [[Andy Garcia]], [[Robert De Niro]] and [[Sean Connery]], the last of whom won the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for the film. It received critical acclaim and box-office success.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bennetts |first=Leslie |date=July 6, 1987 |title='The Untouchables': De Palma's Departure |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/06/movies/the-untouchables-de-palma-s-departure.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 29, 2017}}</ref> De Palma's [[Vietnam War]] film ''[[Casualties of War]]'' (1989) won critical praise but performed poorly in theatres and ''[[The Bonfire of the Vanities (film)|The Bonfire of the Vanities]]'' (1990) was a notorious failure with both critics and audiences.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Macnaughton|first=Oliver|date=2021-04-02|title=Why did The Bonfire of the Vanities go from bestselling book to box-office bomb?|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/apr/02/the-bonfire-of-the-vanities-brian-de-palma-film-tom-hanks-bruce-willis|access-date=2021-05-11|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> De Palma then had subsequent successes with ''[[Raising Cain]]'' (1992) and ''[[Carlito's Way]]'' (1993). ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)|Mission: Impossible]]'' (1996) was his highest-grossing film and started [[Mission: Impossible (film series)| a successful franchise]]''.''