Brian De Palma

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q189526: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Carrie (1976); Dressed to Kill (1980); Blow Out (1981); Blowout (1981); Scarface (1983); Body Double (1984); The Untouchables (1987); The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990); Carlito's Way (1993); Mission: Impossible (1996); (reference); (unnamed thrillers with Lithgow); Mission: Impossible (earlier entries); Obsession (De Palma); Snake Eyes; The Black Dahlia.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Alfred Hitchcock: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage / homage) · them, directly: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ Brian De Palma (the host's read). De Palma embraces Hitchcock lineage and makes homage a point; MI draws on the 50s-60s Hitchcock films, especially in Prague.
    “I think he knows that it's good to be in a lineage.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:06:03 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)

James Ellroy: 1 line

  1. unmapped (novel adapted) · through The Black Dahlia, which they directed: James Ellroy ⇒ The Black Dahlia (the host's read). Fincher circled the Black Dahlia, which is based on an Ellroy novel.
    “And then Fincher starts circling the Black Dahlia, based on a James Roy novel, Elroy novel.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:38:33 · David Sims (0.70 sure it was them)

Jules Dassin: 1 line

  1. lineage (homage source) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they directed: Jules Dassin ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). Dassin's heist classics are the model for the Langley break-in.
    “the Langley heist is an homage to the Jewel Statsen classics”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:49:53 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Psycho (1960): 1 line

  1. lineage (Hitchcock structural homage) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they directed: Psycho ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). Killing off Kristin Scott Thomas's star-billed character early mirrors Psycho killing Janet Leigh.
    “it's completely Hitchcocky and it's killing Janet Lee after 40 minutes.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:29:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Rififi (1955): 1 line

  1. lineage (heist homage) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they directed: Rififi ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). The silent Langley vault heist echoes the Rififi heist where an alarm is triggered by sound.
    “my favorite heist movies were Fifi, which has a heist uh, portion where they very similar, they drill through the roof and it's all in silence”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:24:41 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

The Fast and the Furious (2001): 1 line

  1. lineage (franchise influence) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they directed: The Fast and the Furious ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). The modern MI films combine Bourne-style hand-to-hand combat with Fast and the Furious over-the-top action.
    “the 2 biggest influences on Mission Impossible are born in the Fast and the Furious.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:18:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

The Fugitive (1993): 1 line

  1. unmapped (TV-to-film precedent) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they directed: The Fugitive ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). The Fugitive proved a classic TV property could be a big-screen box-office hit, which opened the door for Mission: Impossible.
    “the fugitive proved that there was box office potential and television IP on the big screen.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:02:32 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Lady Vanishes (1938): 1 line

  1. lineage (Hitchcock homage) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they directed: The Lady Vanishes ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). The European mystery shades of the film recall The Lady Vanishes and Shadow of a Doubt.
    “Lady Vanishes or, or, uh, even like Shadow of a Doubt in some respects”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:06:25 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)

Topkapi (1964): 1 line

  1. lineage (heist homage) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they directed: Topkapi ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). Langley heist is an homage to the Jules Dassin heist classics Topkapi and Rififi.
    “the Langley heist is an homage to the Jewel Statsen classics of uh, top copy and uh, Rafifi.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:49:53 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018): 2 lines

  1. lineage (callback) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they directed: Mission: Impossible ⇒ Mission: Impossible – Fallout (the host's read). Every later MI film calls back to the Langley drop as a hallmark.
    “I realized that they call back to that specific moment every time”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:06:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. industry (franchise template) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they directed: Mission: Impossible ⇒ Mission: Impossible – Fallout (the host's read). Every MI film reuses the same three-set-piece structure plus a McGuffin, which is why the franchise is elastic.
    “they used the same exact structure in every single movie that came forward.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:11:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

American Psycho (2000): 1 line

  1. lineage (satire lineage) · through Body Double (1984), which they directed: Body Double ⇒ American Psycho (the host's read). American Psycho is described as the Reductress version of Body Double.
    “it's almost like the, the, you know, reductress version of, um, body double in a way.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Star 80 with Julie Klausner · 1:07:36 · Julie Klausner (0.50 sure it was them)

Friday the 13th (1980): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Carrie (1976), which they directed: Carrie ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). The final-scene jump scare is directly influenced by the hand coming out of the grave in Carrie.
    “it's directly like influenced by Carrie, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:43:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Departed (2006): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through Scarface (1983), which they directed: Scarface ⇒ The Departed (the host's read). The film has references to classic gangster films like the original Scarface that feel like pastiche.
    “there's a couple of references in this movie to classic gangster films like the original Scarface”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:45:24 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (22) everyone in directing

Other (4) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career context): Brian De Palma → The Bonfire of the Vanities. Paramount hired De Palma despite his having just burned a pile of money on Bonfire of the Vanities.
    “they hired him off of Bonfire of the Vanities.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:07:36 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (villain career): John Lithgow → Brian De Palma. Lithgow is in the middle of his De Palma villain career at the time of 2010.
    “Lithgow is really in the middle of his, like, Brian De Palma villain career right now, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:30:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Scott Pilgrim vs. the World → Brian De Palma. Jason says De Palma's split screen announces itself, while Scott Pilgrim's split screens feel like comic panels you are inside.
    “if you're watching like a Brian DePalma movie and he does split screen, he's trying to draw attention to the fact that this is a split screen.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:13:01 · Jason Concepcion (0.80 sure it was them)

craft (3)

  1. craft (craft): The Player → Brian De Palma. The through-the-window phone call scene is called an Altman dunk on De Palma.
    “It's it's like, it's a, it's a total dunk on diploma.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:33:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Scott Pilgrim vs. the World → Brian De Palma. Sean describes the film's editing as De Palma turned up to eleven.
    “it's edited and cut like a Brian de Palma movie on crack.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:02:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Old Dogs → Brian De Palma. Bernie Mac and Travolta watching a live feed of the child is called De Palma style.
    “It's just fucking de Palma shit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · OLD DOGS - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House (May 12, 2022) · 1:23:31 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage / homage): Brian De Palma → Alfred Hitchcock. De Palma embraces Hitchcock lineage and makes homage a point; MI draws on the 50s-60s Hitchcock films, especially in Prague.
    “I think he knows that it's good to be in a lineage.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:06:03 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)

people (6)

  1. people (people): John Williams → Brian De Palma. John Williams scores led Bendis to other filmmakers like De Palma.
    “John Williams works with him, then he must be equal to Spielberg.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:37:59 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Carrie → Brian De Palma. First wave of King movies had big directors: De Palma does Carrie, Kubrick does The Shining.
    “the Palma does carry. Kubrick does The Shining.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:09:53 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. people (prior casting): Dennis Franz → Brian De Palma. Franz had been playing cops in De Palma movies in the 80s and this role riffs on that.
    “he had been playing cops into Palma movies in the 80s, and it's kind of a riff on that.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:18:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. people (regular collaborator): Stephen Burum → Brian De Palma. Cinematographer Burum is named as a De Palma collaborator with hits such as Rumble Fish and The Outsiders.
    “What about Stephen Burham, who's the palm is... Stephen Burham hits.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:02:19 · Chris Ryan (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. people (peripheral auteurs): Brian De Palma → Paul Schrader. Both are tortured by their relationship to Hollywood and brought in to studio jobs.
    “the guys who are like really tortured by their relationship to Hollywood, like Paul Schrader and De Palma”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:07:09 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. people (director): Mission: Impossible → Brian De Palma. Brian De Palma's entry begins the franchise; some say it is still the best in the series.
    “Some would say that's still the best one in the whole series.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:06:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (replaced Fincher): The Black Dahlia → Brian De Palma. After studios balked at a miniseries, De Palma took over the project.
    “Back then, studios balked at that kind of idea, and Brian de Palma takes over.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:39:11 · David Sims (0.70 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (apex pick): Brian De Palma → The Untouchables. Panel picks The Untouchables as De Palma's apex.
    “I'm going untouchables.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:02:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Snake Eyes → Brian De Palma. Snake Eyes is second-tier De Palma nobody discusses, so rewatching it is a time cost.
    “like Snake Eyes, the Brian de Palma movie, which is like, you know, 2nd tier de Palma”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:18:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Brian De Palma. De Palma was the first director attached, which would have meant sex-drenched paranoia.
    “The 1st director attached, this movie was Brian DePalma.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:05:34 · Chris Ryan (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Alfred Hitchcock → Brian De Palma. De Palma would make a good sister filmography episode to Hitchcock.
    “I think he's a good kind of like sister episode to Hitchcock”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:18:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Brian De Palma: Apex Mountain for De Palma goes to The Untouchables; for Ving Rhames it is not MI. Nobody gets MI as their apex; Czerny's is Clear and Present Danger.
    “So this is not a Apex Mountain for anybody.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:01:48 · Chris Ryan (0.30 sure it was them)