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4 June 2008 4:02 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Brian De Palma has signed on to direct The Boston Strangers, says The Hollywood Reporter. Based on Susan Kelly's non-fiction book The Boston Stranglers: The Public Conviction Of Albert DeSalvo And The True Story Of Eleven Shocking Murders, the film charts the murders attributed to an infamous Boston serial killer in the '60s. Alan Rosen will pen the film's screenplay (more)

By Simon Reynolds

3 June 2008 11:55 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Brian De Palma is making a return to our beloved genre as the "Scarface" director has signed on to helm The Boston Stranglers for producer Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla Motion Pictures, according to the Hollywood Reporters. The film is adapted by Alan Rosen ("Head of the Class") from Susan Kelly's nonfiction book "The Boston Stranglers: The Public Conviction of Albert DeSalvo and the True Story of Eleven Shocking Murders." The thriller will detail the early-'60s Beantown killings and their controversial resolution. The Strangler case continues to stir debate. Many question whether Albert DeSalvo -- a publicity hound who confessed to the murders and was later stabbed to death while incarcerated on unrelated charges -- was the actual killer.

7 March 2008 8:04 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Director Brian De Palma has credited cult classic Easy Rider with paving the way for maverick movie-makers like himself, Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese to revitalise an ailing Hollywood film industry.

The Scarface director admits the studio system was on the verge of collapse before Dennis Hopper's 1969 classic restored film bosses' faith in the finance-generating power of movies.

And De Palma is convinced he - along with fellow directors Spielberg, Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola - would have been resigned to a career in independent movie-making if Easy Rider hadn't scored such unexpected box office success.

He tells Britain's Empire magazine, "The whole studio system was breaking down then. We were making these independent movies that got us some recognition. And then Easy Rider came out and made a lot of money, and the people in the system thought that we knew something that nobody else did, and then we got the opportunity to make movies within the system."

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7 March 2008 3:12 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Director Brian De Palma has hit back at critics who deem his habit of casting women in victim roles degrading, insisting it's harder for audiences to sympathise with men in distress.

During the 1980s, the moviemaker was often targetted by enraged equality activists for never creating heroic roles for women, instead hiring actresses to play femme fatales and murder victims.

However, De Palma has blasted accusations of misogyny - he simply picks women to be his movie's ill-fated characters because they're much better at conveying vulnerability.

He tells Britain's Empire magazine, "Women are more sympathetic creatures in jeopardy, plus they're more interesting to photograph. I'd rather photograph a woman walking around with a candelabra than a guy. It's as simple as that.

"Somebody once said that the history of cinema was made photographing women, and I think one could truthfully say that."

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6 March 2008 11:02 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Director Brian De Palma has attacked the U.S. government and the media for fooling the American public into believing the Iraq war has the full support of the armed forces fighting there.

The movie-maker - whose new film Redacted has sparked controversy in the U.S. for its anti-war stance - is furious at American officials for generating pro-war propaganda at the expense of the true facts.

He tells British magazine Empire, "The mainstream media doesn't show it (the war) at all. So we don't see the picture, we don't see reporters covering what's actually going on.

"So we buy all the spin that comes from the Pentagon. To actually suggest that the soldiers are uncomfortable, angry and resentful is heresy."

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5 articles from 2008