Top 5 De Palma for me. I'd go so far as to call it "Vintage De Palma." When Brian D. wants to make a masterpiece he goes out and does it (see:
Femme Fatale, The Untouchables, Carlito's Way, Body Double, Casualties of War, Dressed to Kill, the first two-thirds of
Snake Eyes). And of course --
Blow Out -- his take on Antoinioni's
Blow Up. Has Travolta ever been better (other than
Pulp Fiction, of course)? This is a film lovers movie -- accessible for anyone, sure -- but will probably be best loved by movie dorks. Like me. Yes, the recent years haven't been too kind to De Palma (
Mission to Mars and
The Black Dhalia come to mind), but I'm convinced that there's still some greatness left in him.
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