tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post4711946629381581547..comments2024-03-28T02:30:08.913-04:00Comments on Not Just Movies: Brian De Palma: The FuryJakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-6663505786135471552010-09-26T23:24:22.621-04:002010-09-26T23:24:22.621-04:00I haven't read The Demolished Man, but I'v...I haven't read The Demolished Man, but I've heard that De Palma tried to adapt it and, from what basic summaries I've read, the story seemed right up his alley. Shame that he almost certainly has less clout now than he did then and won't likely be able to make it. Still, The Fury is enough of a step forward in De Palma's style that it stands as more as the lead-up to something that never came.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-67425172201677972252010-09-26T23:15:42.788-04:002010-09-26T23:15:42.788-04:00It might also be of interest to know that with thi...It might also be of interest to know that with this film, De Palma was sort of preparing to make his dream project, which was to be a film adaptation of Alfred Bester's THE DEMOLISHED MAN. De Palma and John Farris (who adapted THE FURY from his own novel) had written a screenplay, and Dino Delaurentis was going to produce it, but the project never quite came together. As recently as 3 or 4 years ago, when De Palma was asked what his dream project would be, if given unlimited financing, etc., he answered with THE DEMOLISHED MAN.Geoffhttp://www.briandepalma.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-84234427655195128042010-09-25T13:52:18.132-04:002010-09-25T13:52:18.132-04:00Anon: I can see why De Palma's films turn peop...Anon: I can see why De Palma's films turn people off (especially these early ones, only a few of which have really, fully grabbed me), but I've found a lot to like about him. His films are indeed silly, but that's because he uses cinema as the target of parody and the weapon. But he doesn't really make genre parodies so much as travesties of film itself. It's bizarre as hell and I think it doesn't work a lot of the time (I only particularly enjoyed one of his first five films, though I do feel that the one is a masterpiece). But when he connects, his silliness is riotous. I think he brings a tremendous formalism to the table but also the knowledge of how to turn that formalism on its head in interesting ways. Granted, it's not that visible here, but I've seen some later De Palma films I think work much better, and I hope to come across some more as I visit most of his filmography for the first time.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-63176289258627806682010-09-25T12:55:49.731-04:002010-09-25T12:55:49.731-04:00I have so much trouble with De Palma. I'm a fa...I have so much trouble with De Palma. I'm a fairly well-versed cinephile, but his pictures just don't do a damn thing for me. I don't see what he's bringing to the table. They all just feel ridiculously silly and facile, with their absurd synthesized soundtracks making it an even more difficult pill to swallow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-63314558839400347982010-09-25T02:14:43.648-04:002010-09-25T02:14:43.648-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Adam Zanziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524618281515322239noreply@blogger.com