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Notorious for his works using suspense, violence and unconventional framing, Brian De Palma He established himself as one of the great filmmakers of his generation. This style of direction generates comparisons with a famous colleague — and the director himself considers him responsible for “evolving the form of cinema”.

It is about Alfred Hitchcockdirector of classics such as A falling body (1958) and Psychosis (1960), among others. From Palma shared a reflection on the idol in a 1976 interview with Rolling Stone USA. At the time, he stated:

He (Hitchcock) was one of the few directors who evolved the form of cinema. Anyone who knows anything about cinematic grammar cannot help but be impressed by the Hitchcock. It’s like studying (the legendary composer Johann Sebastian) Bach.”

Hitchcock’s classic influenced Brian De Palma

In another interview, now with NPR in 2016 (via Far Out), Brian De Palma revealed how A falling body It impacted him to the point where he decided to pursue a career as a director. The American of Italian origin says:

It was a film I watched in 1958 and it left an incredible impression on me before I even became interested in making films. There was something about the way the story was told and the cinematic language used in it connected with me even though I was, at the time, studying to be an engineer.”

Time passed, but the admiration did not go away. In 2020, at Associated Press, From Palma reinforced the importance of A falling body in their work and for cinema as a whole. The filmmaker said:

As I’ve gotten older and shot a lot of films, I can see that there are always lessons to learn from the Hitchcock for the way he created certain sequences. AND A Falling Body creates this whole idea of ​​illusion by making the audience fall in love with him and then suddenly throwing him off a prize twice. Very, very good idea.”

However, not everything is perfect in the Master of Suspense’s trajectory. In the opinion of Brian De Palmathe English filmmaker’s final works “aren’t that good”. According to the filmmaker, the decline occurred “when he was finally discovered by the French and everyone started writing about him”.

Collaborated: Augusto Ikeda.