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From: hobbit@sunybcs.UUCP (Thomas Pellitieri)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: De Palma/Phantom of the Paradise
Message-ID: <818@sunybcs.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 6-Nov-84 11:50:20 EST
Article-I.D.: sunybcs.818
Posted: Tue Nov  6 11:50:20 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 7-Nov-84 07:17:18 EST
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Reply-To: hobbit@gort.UUCP (Thomas Pellitieri)
Organization: State University of New York @ Buffalo,NY
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Summary: 

In article <1827@nsc.UUCP> chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Zonker T. Chuqui) writes:
>In article <1934@ucla-cs.ARPA> reiher@ucla-cs.UUCP writes:
>>
>>     Brian De Palma is a difficult case.  He has talent; extrava-
>>gant amounts, in some areas.  He knows how to move a camera
>>around, his films tend to be nicely shot and edited, and he's a
>>fine comedy director.  But he has no taste and no shame and no
>>sensitivity.  
>
>You should track down and watch 'Phantom of the Paradise'. DePalma actually
>put together a nice film that doesn't particularly upset anyone except the
>satanists in the audience. I also thought that 'Blow out' was quite a good
>film.

Also, try to track down his film "Home Movies", a wonderful comedy about a
college student who is "just an extra in his own life's story".

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