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Music Composed by John Williams, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra With his 1978 supernatural action-thriller The Fury, Director Brian DePalma dealt with a subject he had explored previously in Carrie: telekinesis. The story involves a newly retired special government agent named Peter Sandza (Kirk Douglas) whose teenage son Robin (Andrew Stevens) has special powers (although we aren’t sure exactly what they are at first). It’s soon apparent after [read...] 
FILM REVIEW The first time I ever watched Scarface was when I was 10 years old in 1984. I had heard about the film and knew of its controversial reputation even back then so I was really curious to see what it was all about. At the time VHS was the home video craze, I still remember the 2 tape mega box the film came in. Looking back, Scarface [read...] 
Brian DePalma’s Carrie. It doesn’t get much more cinematically furious than this one. Based on the book by Stephen King, it has become a true classic for horror film fans sitting alongside other 70s hits of its time like The Exorcist and Jaws. One thing that’s interesting about this movie, even though its considered part of the horror genre is the fact, it’s actually very funny. This is what Brian [read...] 
“I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it’s one of the most exciting aspects of making movies and almost a lost art at this point.” – Brian DePalma FILM REVIEW Brian DePalma’s 1981 conspiracy thriller Blow Out is probably more than anything else a masterpiece of purely visual storytelling. The opening sequence itself is a trick on the audience in the form [read...] 
In some exciting home entertainment news, Brian DePalma’s 1981 conspiracy-thriller masterpiece Blow Out is coming to the Criterion Collection in April! John Travolta stars as Jack Terry, an exploitation film audio engineer who witnesses the assassination of a politician one night while recording some outdoor sound effects. When the story is later covered up, Jack becomes obsessed with finding out the truth behind it all. Considered to be one of [read...] LISTEN TO THE MAIN THEME Ever since first seeing Brian DePalma’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel Carrie (a tale about a girl with supernatural mental powers), it has been one of my most favorite works of cinema. A group of high school girls are playing volleyball in gym class. One girl in the corner misses the ball when it’s hit towards her. The other girls taunt her and [read...] |
   
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