> Did DePalma make anything that needed to be
made?
>
> William
>
-- That needed to be made? What does this mean? Are you
trying to build a cannon of cinema? Or are you trying to say
that thrillers
"need" to serve some sort of function other than their
thrills? Thrillers in both fiction and cinema serve deep,
deep needs, which is probably why they're so popular. You
Christians seem to love noir and thrillers because they serve
to protect your Platonic beliefs. Buddhists, like myself,
really like them, because they offer a chance to show
character outside of the formal Christian dogma. Or, wait,
did you even mean philosophically? My bad. Carrie is one of
the best representations of teenage angst out there. Dressed
To Kill is better than Psycho, because it's sexier and
funnier. Carlito's Way is probably the best modern hardboiled
crime film ever made, despite all the scene chewing from Al
Pacino. Body Double is a fantastic film noir, that's so L.A.,
it probably doesn't even seem noir to people outside of L.A.
And then, remember, a lot of you fellows get so wet over
Tarantino, and that trog wouldn't even exist if it hadn't
been for all that he stole from DePalma.
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