So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it's one of the most exciting aspects of making movies and almost a lost art at this point.

Of these films The Bonfire of the Vanities would be De Palma's biggest box office disaster losing millions. The film is often considered the first to deal explicitly with the draft. We also can note with great irony just whom De Palma claims is being attacked.

Brian Russell De Palma (born September 11 1940) is an American film director and screenwriter. In a career spanning over 40 years he is probably best known for his suspense and crime thriller films including such box office successes as the horror film Carrie Dressed to Kill Scarface The Untouchables and Mission: Impossible.