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Article: Veteran director Brian De Palma is still fired up about films.
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- Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)
- Article date:
- November 4, 2002
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Byline: Chris Hewitt
Here's a sure sign that 62-year-old Brian De Palma, whose 26th film, "Femme Fatale," opened Wednesday, still has a fire for making movies: It's still easy to get him riled up.
On the subject of movies' opening scenes: "It's such an important time, and, yet, you see it frittered away in movie after movie. Do I want to see another helicopter shot of Manhattan at the beginning of a movie? Are these directors asleep at the switch? What a waste of an audience's attention! They're so vulnerable at that point and they'll accept anything you give them. Please! Have an idea, for God's sake."
De Palma is known for movies that start ...