De Palma (2016)
92%RT Audience Score: 86%
Awards & Nominations: 2 nominations
De Palma may not make believers out of the director’s detractors, but they’ll likely share longtime fans’ fascination with his career’s worth of entertaining stories.
De Palma is a must-watch documentary for any film lover, but especially for fans of the legendary director’s work. Baumbach and Paltrow do an excellent job of letting De Palma speak for himself, and his stories are both informative and entertaining. From his logistical and visual flair to his regrets and philosophies, this film covers it all. Plus, who doesn’t love a good off-the-cuff film school session? Overall, De Palma is a riveting and scrumptious documentary that will leave you in heaven.
Production Company(ies)
13 Productions, ARTE Fondazione Montecinemaverita
Distributor
A24
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
Year of Release
2016
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:NA
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Runtime:1h 48m
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Language(s):
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jun 10, 2016 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 23, 2016
Genre(s)
Documentary
Keyword(s)
De Palma, documentary, Brian De Palma, directed by Noah Baumbach, directed by Jake Paltrow, produced by Noah Baumbach, produced by Jake Paltrow, written by Brian De Palma, genre: biography, genre: history, genre: film, genre: documentary, rated R, box office gross: $163.4K, reviewed by Nigel Andrews, reviewed by Wendy Ide, reviewed by Geoffrey Macnab, reviewed by Peter Bradshaw, reviewed by David Jenkins, reviewed by Sara Michelle Fetters, reviewed by Brian Eggert, reviewed by James Luxford, reviewed by Kip Mooney, reviewed by Matt Brunson, starring Brian De Palma, runtime: 1h 48m, distributor: A24, documentary film, film editing by Matt Mayer
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Noah Baumbach – Director, Producer
Jake Paltrow – Director, Producer
Matt Mayer – Film Editing
Director(s)
Noah Baumbach, Jake Paltrow
Writer(s)
NA
Producer(s)
Noah Baumbach, Jake Paltrow
Film Festivals
Cannes, Venice
Awards & Nominations
2 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (114) | Top Critics (46) | Fresh (108) | Rotten (6)
Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow are the co-directors of De Palma, a scrumptious documentary about the creator of Carrie and Scarface.
December 27, 2016 | Rating: 4/5
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times
TOP CRITIC
De Palma’s work is explored in his own words, and his words only, uncluttered by talking heads and critical evaluations. And frankly, De Palma is such an entertaining and open raconteur, his words are all you need.
September 25, 2016 | Rating: 4/5
Wendy Ide
Observer (UK)
TOP CRITIC
The documentary convinces us of De Palma’s logistical and visual flair — his ability to choreograph astonishingly elaborate sequences and his pioneering use of Steadicam.
September 22, 2016 | Rating: 4/5
Geoffrey Macnab
Independent (UK)
TOP CRITIC
This is a very entertaining guide.
September 22, 2016 | Rating: 4/5
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
Riveting and highly entertaining.
September 19, 2016 | Rating: 4/5
David Jenkins
Little White Lies
TOP CRITIC
It’s this frankness, free of artifice, devoid of a censor, that makes this documentary what it is.
August 9, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/4
Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
TOP CRITIC
For any De Palma fan or anyone interested in learning more, this doc is essential viewing.
April 11, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
Its the famous directors regrets that are most fascinatingly explored in this honest and tell-all documentary. Anyone interested in the philosophies of artistic endeavour will find this educational, but fans of De Palma’s films will be in heaven.
February 18, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
James Luxford
City AM
Part appreciation, part retrospective, part off-the-cuff film school, this is a consistently engaging documentary about one of America’s great directors.
August 28, 2021 | Rating: A-
Kip Mooney
College Movie Review
There’s more than enough of merit here to recommend it, particularly to cineasts who live and breathe film.
August 18, 2021 | Rating: 3/4
Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
De Palma, The Film, captures the the man’s madness in glorious measure.
July 14, 2021
Jason Adams
The Film Experience
It’s such a joy to hear De Palma discuss his films that you may wish that we heard more about certain subjects.
April 13, 2021
Ian Brill
Battleship Pretension…
Plot
De Palma is a documentary about the career of filmmaker Brian De Palma, exploring his work on films such as “Carrie,” “Scarface,” and “Mission: Impossible.”
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The documentary De Palma features only one interview subject – filmmaker Brian De Palma himself.
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