The Monster's Den: Favorite Brian De Palma Films (w/Mike Portnoy)
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Join Pete Pardo, Jamie Laszlo, Dan Brown, and special guest Mike Portnoy as they rank their Top 5 films from acclaimed director Brian De Palma. #briandepalma
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Jamie's 'Carrie' prop is the best thing I've ever seen on this channel, lol
@nectarinedreams7208
3 жыл бұрын
Jamie has now entered Legend status.
Mike Portnoy is not only one of the greatest rock drummers ever he’s also a really cool music and movie nerd.
"All great directors make their best films in their 30's, 40's and 50's" - DePalma "Hold my beer" - Clint Eastwood
@karlkarlos3545
2 жыл бұрын
@Jason Thompson Actually I'm getting a little tired of Scorsese repeating himself. But I guess, that what fans want him to do. Everytime he did something different like Age of Innocence or Hugo, people shrugging their shoulders.
@karlkarlos3545
2 жыл бұрын
@Jason Thompson I applaud him too for stepping out of his comfort zone. I just wish he would do it more often. He is old enough, he doesn't need to please the fanbase. Regarding repetition: yes you pretty much nailed what I ment. I would also mention that I'm not the greatest fan of his constant use of voice over. It was the right choice for Goodfellas and Casino. But now it's just a gimmick.
Really enjoy Portnoy. So knowledgeable.
The split screen scenes in sisters are awesome. When two different perspectives actually cross each other 😳
Ya, I think Phantom is one of the most underrated films ever. Paul Williams was the essential to that film; great score, great acting! Love it!
@iansmith8783
3 жыл бұрын
His character is unforgettably sinister.
@davidl570
3 жыл бұрын
He was so damn CREEPY in that movie! Such an underrated actor.
@Larjschoen1
3 жыл бұрын
I totally agree. He played it perfectly. I have to say even though I expected it, I kind of thought someone would put Phantom on their list. It’s a full blown classic!
One thing that I love about the Scarface chainsaw scene, is that you don't really see anything happening. You hear screams, and there's blood splatter, but it's your own imagination that fills in the horrible details. Great show, guys!
Terrific episode! Here are my top 5 favorite Brian De Palma films: 1) Scarface (1982) 2) Phantom of the Paradise (1974) 3) Dressed to Kill (1980) 4) Carrie (1976) 5) Femme Fatale (2002)
My favorite film director - easily ! I’ve seen each of his works repeatedly and love his passion , humor , glee , violence , technical prowess...simply the best💜💜💜✌️✌️✌️🎥🎥🎥 I.J.S.
1. Scarface 2. Carlito’s Way 3. The Untouchables 4. Mission Impossible 5. Carrie 6. Dressed to Kill 7. The Black Dahlia 8. Passion
Jamie's Carrie reenactment was awesome! Great show! Glad I watched this.
Such a great show, one of my favourites. My sincere thanks to all parties involved.
Excellent conversation!!! I absolutely love Brian De Palma, I haven't seen his films in a while, this makes me want to go back and watch all the greats like Body Double, Carrie, Dressed to Kill and more!
My favs: The Untouchables, Scarface, Dressed to Kill, Carrie and Phantom of the Paradise. Honorables: Mission Impossible, Casualties of War, Obsession and Sisters.
What a great show guys. Thank you so much all.
Well done, guys. That was awesome. I'm touched by your in-depth knowledge & appreciation of this supremely gifted and undervalued director. It made for compelling viewing. I was especially pleased to see "Carlito's Way" get some love. I was knocked out by De Palma's virtuosity in that film but the romantic sub-plot (bolstered by the often wistful voiceover) & Sean Penn's performance floored me as well. The scene where Pacino's watching Penelope Ann Miller at her dance class (holding a trashcan lid over his head to keep the rain off) and, especially, the end-sequence sound-tracked by "You are so beautiful" gets me every time. On a side note, you may be interested in checking out old clips of a show called "Strutter" from a few years back. In it the British comedian Paul Kaye played a character partly inspired by the one Penn played in this. It was a goofy and crude comedy sketch show but i thought he captured his look & mannerisms pretty well. I think i remember him saying he was going for a Dave Kleinfeld/Rodney Dangerfield combo at the time :)
Unbelievable treat having Mike Portnoy guest!
Cheers for the 2 hours of chat. Great listen. Carrie is defo a classic that ending i was 10 when I sneaked into our local picture house, I screamed when the hand came out ? My mates all laughed at me. Good memories.
I loved this episode. After hearing all of you talking about these movies, I wanted to start my own binge-watch of all of these movies. I have only seen a few of these films. And Jamie Laszio is off the charts in this one. Awesome.
I owe Overkill and their song The Wait/A New High In Lows one for the Carlito's Way recommendation. It's now one of my top fav films.
Dressed to Kill; Untouchables; Carrie; Body Double; Mission: Impossible
Right, this was all worth it for the moment that Jamie Laszlo drenched himself in pig's blood for his number one pick 😂 All that build up 🤣
Loved this ep. Actually made me pause and go watch Body Double for the first time. So much knowledge in this group. Team B for life!
Phantom of the Paradise is my favorite movie ever. I HOPE it's on at least one list and no one completely shits on it. Here we go....
@rodneyglenplayer1343
3 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love that movie and all the music in it.
@thebrood138
3 жыл бұрын
@@rodneyglenplayer1343 Paul Williams is a genius.
@LSUfan
3 жыл бұрын
I agree.
5-Scarface 4-Dressed to Kill 3-Carrie 2-Body Double 1-Blow Out Hon mentions-Untouchables, Casualties of War, Carlito’s Way and Sisters
Now that I have watched the episode what a ride! A real pleasure listening to the conversation about a wonderful body of work. I like all the ‘teams’ assembled for each show for the diversity of style and presentation on subject matter I truly enjoy. Would love some time to see a discussion about the gothic soap ‘Dark Shadows’ (NOT the film remake) and its many themes of horror, sci fi and drama. Great job Mike, Dan, Pete and Jamie - spectacular.
I could listen to Dan and Mike all night. They are both so knowledgeable and they have a boat-load of stories. "Now that's entertainment!"
OMG, a comment about the TV show "SOAP". That was awesome!
Great show! 1 - Carlitos Way 2 - The Untouchables 3 - Body Double 4 - Dressed to Kill 5 - Blow Out HM - Scarface, Carrie, Mission: Impossible
Trying to catch up on some SoT shows and finally, a chance to watch this. Great show. Have really enjoyed Mike Portnoy's participation in various SoT shows while he is off the road. Will miss him when he returns to playing live. Props to Jamie Lazlo - pun intended - for his finale selection and action with Carrie. Epic! (The stuff of which legends are made.) The ending of Carrie scared the bejesus out of me in the theatre. Literally jumped out of my seat. Other favorites were discussed and I likely would put The Untouchables in the Number 2 spot. Great casting, great story, great filming. Just wanted to thanks everyone - with a particular spotlight "Why I'm Sitting Outside" Jamie - for making this an unforgettable show.
Very hard to pick a top 5 Brian De Plasma. Here goes: 1. Blow Out 2. Phantom of the Paradise 3. Body Double 4. Carrie 5. Scarface Ps. One of the best triple bills of all time: Carlito's Way, The Nice Guys, Midnight Run. Word 🤟
1. Blow Out 2. Sisters 3. Dressed to Kill 4. Carrie 5. Phantom of the Paradise
The Untouchables. Obsession. Carrie. Wise Guys. Body Double.
1. Carrie (By a large margin...Funny thing is when Dio sings softly I'm always reminded of Carrie's mom, similar cadence,. She has a Dont Talk To Strangers tone) 2. Carlito's Way 3. Dressed to Kill 4. Raising Cain 5. Body Double Honorable Mentions: Scarface, Casualties of War, Blow Out.
Of course, I think his absolute masterpiece is Scarface. My other four picks are Carrie, The Untouchables, Blow Out, and Sisters. There's also a cool documentary with him from A24 - basically, just him sitting at his own kitchen table, literally discussing all of his films in chronological order - even including Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" video!
Great show, guys! My five: Dressed To Kill, Carrie, Blow Out, Body Double, The Untouchables. Honorable mentions: Scarface, Carlito's Way.
5. Mission Impossible 4. Dressed to Kill 3. Phantom of the Paradise 2. The Untouchables 1. Blow Out
For what it’s worth my top five would be 1. Blow Out 2. Body Double 3. Scarface 4. Phantom Of The Paradise 5. Carlito’s Way Scarface was originally developed by Sidney Lumet and De Palma was developing Prince of The City they swooped projects in the end .
I thought "wow, almost two hours! I'm not gonna see this complete" I'm 1:47 into the show XD; thanks guys, a great one! 🍺🤘
Many thanks to the ''B'' team, another excellent way to spend 2 hours of my life, more please.
Awesomely epic show. As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't get any better than the New Hollywood era in the seventies, and De Palma is a big part of that. The eighties doesn't even come close. Thanks guys!
My favourite is blow out. I saw this at the cinema in 1981 and i have loved it ever since. Also stars the beautiful nancy Allen, my boyhood crush i love nancy
Portnoy's shirt is amazing. Eight of my favorite filmmakers!!
Great Show!!
Used the split diopter in blow out and Carrie to focus on objects and actors in the background and the foreground at the same time.
I noticed I've only seen 9 of Brian De Palma's 30 films. So I have quite a few gaps in my knowledge - especially it seems Dressed To Kill, Body Double and Carlito's Way. But of the ones I have seen my favourites are: 1. Mission Impossible - by far the best MI film, a proper thriller not just an action film (as good as some of them are) 2. Mission To Mars - a much maligned film but I really like it, I love sci-fi and this is a good one (maybe not very Brian De Palmary though) 3. The Untouchables - just a great all round film 4. Blow Out - a really cool thriller 5. Carrie - haven't seen this in many years, from what I remember it was good, but maybe just a little bit overblown And yes I'd love to see a Scorsese episode and also a Kubrick one would be awesome.
For me: 1. Casualties of War 2. Body Double 3. Obsession 4. Blow Out 5. Carrie
Jamie getting blood dumped on him was something I didn't expect to see, yet it was something I needed to see!!!
This was one of my favorite episodes ever. The B Team is truly amazing. Dan and Jamie elevate every discussion and Mike is an absolute joy
Love the show...best one since the Godzilla eps...love that Body Double is getting the love it deserves, one of the best 'director shoving the finger at Hollywood establishment' films ever made, and the Hitchcock references are truly important in all his films as it makes one investigate Hitchcocks ouvre as well. Would really love a retrospective look at Polanski as well as Fearless Vampire Killers and Rosemarys baby are masterpieces
the film score for the Untouchables is also a classic !
Great video, Pete! I got a few of those films on my wish list but Scarface is my favorite!
Pete, I'd recommend the Arrow UK Dressed To Kill, beats the Criterion and is still easily available: Symphony of Fear: Producer George Litto discusses his working relationship with Brian De Palma Dressed in White: Star Angie Dickinson on her role in the film Dressed in Purple: Star Nancy Allen discusses her role in the film Lessons in Filmmaking: Actor Keith Gordon discusses Dressed to Kill The Making of a Thriller - A documentary on the making of Dressed to Kill featuring writer-director Brian De Palma, George Litto, stars Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Dennis Franz and more! Unrated, R-Rated, and TV-Rated Comparison Featurette Slashing Dressed to Kill - Brian De Palma and stars Nancy Allen and Keith Gordon discuss the changes that had to be made to avoid an X-rating Original Theatrical Trailer Gallery of behind-the-scenes images
Fun show guys. I forgot how many movies De Palma directed and, I've seen. My favorites are The Untouchables and Scarface. Who can resist, "Say hello to my little friend?" Classic line if ever there was one, thank you Oliver Stone. 👌 I've also seen Carrie, Body Double, Dressed To Kill and Carlito's Way, which I will give honorable mentions. Oh, I forget he directed the first Mission Impossible starring Tom Cruise. A huge and varied body of work. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. 👍
@kimberlywalker3970
2 жыл бұрын
Shoot, I forgot Casualties Of War. Whoever said Sean Penn was a monster, is right. I can still remember him stabbing the girl they kidnap. God, that was hard to watch. It got panned by critics mainly because of Michael J. Fox. I agree that this move and Platoon were the better of the eighties genre of Vietnam War films.
Love Mikes shirt!!! Think of all the art all those people created !!!
In "Carrie", the opening credits scene in the girls showers will loads of bush made 1976 a most memorable year in moviegoing.
1.Blow out(in my top 10 films ever) 2.Carlitos way 3.Carrie 4.Dressed to kill 5.Sisters
The end of Carrie and the music just plain scared the shit out of me and still does
I like The Untouchables because I love old 30'-50's Noir/Crime/Whodunit type stuff
Great Show guys. My list.......Phantom, Carrie, Untouchables, Scarface and Blow Out.... Honorables ---- Body Double, Carlito, Snake Eyes, Dressed and Mission Impossible. In Phantom, George Lucas borrows/steals the Phantom's look and sound to create Darth Vadar.
@LarryFleetwood8675
3 жыл бұрын
Carrie, actually was shot in its year of release 1976 (May-July).
@soylentgreendip
3 жыл бұрын
@@LarryFleetwood8675 Phantom was made in 1974.
@LarryFleetwood8675
3 жыл бұрын
@@soylentgreendip Most of it in 1973.
Just started the video. I hope someone mentions Body Double. Edit: thanks Pete!
5-Body Double 4-Dressed to Kill 3-1 his gangster classics-Carlitos Way,The Untouchables and Scarface.
Great show.!!! PLEASE do the Martin Scorsese ranking
Pete nice Fright-rags Killer Klowns Kiss cover tee I got the Rock N Roll Over version 🤘🏻
1. Untouchables 2. Casualties of War 3. Body Double 4. Dressed To Kill 5. Snake Eyes
This is awesome
I am really looking forward to watching this ranking! I just got the Super Deluxe 4K Collectors' edition of De Palma's "Scarface," with the 1932 original film of "Scarface" on Blu-ray, *and* with a "The World Is Yours" statue included with the two films. I'm such a movie nerd! :-) As much as I love the '83 "Scarface" though, my favorite De Palma is probably "Carrie." I love "Dressed to Kill" so much though!
@mikesekula3949
3 жыл бұрын
wow you ARE a nerd :))
@christianman73
3 жыл бұрын
@@mikesekula3949 Yep! Happily so, on music and movies, and a few other interests too! :-)
@mikesekula3949
3 жыл бұрын
@@christianman73 cheers!
I was surprised you guys didn’t mention the family connection between Hitchcock to De Palma via Melanie Griffith in Body Double and her Mother Tippi Hedren Marnie, The Birds. Also Sean Connery in Marnie and The Untouchables.
@marclesperance4116
3 жыл бұрын
Not to mention Bernard Herrmann, who wrote the music score for many Hitchcock classics. He ended up scoring two De Palma films: Sisters and Obsession.
I liked that guy's Carrie reenactment.
Scarface Carlitos Way Untouchables Dressed To Kill Blow Out What a great finale from Jamie. 👍👍👍👍
Similar scene to that one in raising cain of someone bending down to reveal someone standing behind them in Dario Argento’s Tenebrae.
Carlito’s Way is my favorite. Very underrated. So many people have never heard or seen it.
@toxicwaltz69
3 жыл бұрын
Agree completely. Killer film, and one of Pacino's best.
Odessa steps! Gilliam used that in Brazil too.
De Palma's undisputed masterpiece is obviously The Black Dahlia. Never before or since has he ever so successfully demonstrated his acute understanding of unintentional humor.
I’m given to understand that the fireworks shot in blow out was not a composite, it was done live with the fireworks going off.
5. Scarface 4. Carrie 3. Dressed to Kill 2. Blow Out 1. Body Double
OBSESSION was my all time favorite DePalma film 💜💜💜✌️✌️✌️🎥🎥🎥 I.J.S.
Phantom of the Paradise is actually Picture of Dorian Gray meets Faust meets Phantom of the Opera in a 70's music industry setting. Surprised you music heads wouldn't be all over that considering how great all the music by Paul Williams (who also plays Swan) is.
Body Double/Sisters/Obsession/Raising Cain/ Hi Mom and Blow Out
I would say my favorite Brian De Palma movies are Scarface ... "You Wanna F*** With Me? Okay. You Wanna Play Rough? Okay! Say Hello To My Little Friend!" ... Blowout ... Untouchables ... Malone: [to Ness as they assemble their team] If you're afraid of getting a rotten apple, don't go to the barrel. Get it off the tree. .... Carrie and Carlito’s Way ... ”Favor gonna kill you faster than a bullet.” - Al Pacino, Carlito’s Way.
Another great episode again from Pete and the gang. Has anyone got any idea what Mike Portnoy tshirt is all about?
@Jamie.Laszlo
3 жыл бұрын
It's a list of all the great directors from the 70s.
@johnburton894
3 жыл бұрын
@@Jamie.Laszlo Thanks Jamie I can see it now.
Casualties of War is a good one.
I love Scarface and The Untouchables and Carrie
Ive only seen 6 1 Carlitos Way 2 The Untoutchables 3 Scarface 4 Carrie all classics then way Below Mission Impossible and Snake Eyes
Thanks for this video. Got some movies to watch. Have only seen Carrie. Might Try Body Double first. I like Craig Wasson in Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. I also like Dennis Franz. Watch NYPD Blue on Hulu. Great to see Mike and Jamie. I smell another t-shirt coming. "Screw those people".
1. Carlito’s Way 2. The Untouchables 3. Casualties of War 4. Mission Impossible 5. Dressed to Kill
1. The Untouchables 2. Scarface 3. Body Double 4. Carrie 5. Dressed to Kill
Wow, Jamie, wow 😂😂👏👏👏
Being that this is Sea of Tranquility, a music themed show, "Phantom of the Paradise" has to be mentioned.
@LSUfan
3 жыл бұрын
If it is not, they have NO credibility! ;-)
@mariomartins4608
3 жыл бұрын
@@LSUfan I can’t believe it wasn’t on anyone’s list, classic.
@LSUfan
3 жыл бұрын
@@mariomartins4608 I agree with you.
1. Body Double 2. Carrie 3. Dressed To Kill 4. Scarface 5. The Untouchables
Clint Eastwood great actor great director still making good films
Phantom of Paradise, Carrie, Scarface, untouchables, carlito's
Blow Out, Wise Guys, Phantom of the Paradise, Scarface, Black Dahlia.
Body Double Blow Out The Untouchables Scarface Dressed to Kill Honorable mentions: Carrie Casualties of War Snake Eyes Mission: Impossible The Fury
I like 'The Stuff' tooo 'Cant get Enough of The Stuff'
Hey Mike...i love that Tee shirt...i assume Robert and Hal is Altman and Ashby...all great directors
@LarryFleetwood8675
3 жыл бұрын
Speaking of great directors, maybe a Roman Polanski Top 5 one day.
Don't think he made a better film than Carrie. I also liked Obsession, Casualties of War, The Untouchables, and Body Double was flawed but entertaining.
CARRIE (1976) ------ DRESSED TO KILL (1980) ------- PHANTOM PARADISE (1974) ---- GET TO KNOW YOUR RABBIT (1972) ------ BODY DOUBLE (1984) -------- UNTOUCHABLES (1987) ------- SCARFACE (1983)
Yo, new Yes album and Iron Maiden album got annouced, maybe you guys could do a video on it like you did with the new Jethro Tull?
Blow out, sisters, dressed to kill, Carrie, phantom of the paradise.