Brian De Palma's split-screen : a life in film / / Douglas Keesey

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814013103321
• Autore: Keesey Douglas
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Jackson, [Mississippi] : , : University Press of Mississippi, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (365 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.430233092
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 1 The Wedding Party (1964-65)""; ""CHAPTER 2 Murder à la Mod (1966)""; ""CHAPTER 3 Greetings (1968)""; ""CHAPTER 4 Dionysus in '69 (1970)""; ""CHAPTER 5 Hi, Mom! (1970)""; ""CHAPTER 6 Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)""; ""CHAPTER 7 Sisters (1973)""; ""CHAPTER 8 Phantom of the Paradise (1974)""; ""CHAPTER 9 Obsession (1976)""; ""CHAPTER 10 Carrie (1976)""; ""CHAPTER 11 The Fury (1978)""; ""CHAPTER 12 Home Movies (1980)""; ""CHAPTER 13 Dressed to Kill (1980)""; ""CHAPTER 14 Blow Out (1981)""; ""CHAPTER 15 Scarface (1983)""; ""CHAPTER 16 Body Double (1984)""""CHAPTER 17 Wise Guys (1986)""; ""CHAPTER 18 The Untouchables (1987)""; ""CHAPTER 19 Casualties of War (1989)""; ""CHAPTER 20 The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)""; ""CHAPTER 21 Raising Cain (1992)""; ""CHAPTER 22 Carlito's Way (1993)""; ""CHAPTER 23 Mission: Impossible (1996)""; ""CHAPTER 24 Snake Eyes (1998)""; ""CHAPTER 25 Mission to Mars (2000)""; ""CHAPTER 26 Femme Fatale (2002)""; ""CHAPTER 27 The Black Dahlia (2006)""; ""CHAPTER 28 Redacted (2007)""; ""CHAPTER 29 Passion (2012)""; ""Afterword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
• Sommario/riassunto: Over the last five decades, the films of director Brian De Palma (b. 1940) have been among the biggest successes and the most high-; profile failures in Hollywood history. Written in an accessible style, and including a chapter on every one of his films to date, this work is for anyone who wants to know more about De Palma's controversial films or who wants to better understand the man who made them.