Brian De Palma filmmaking careers of directors such as Mark Romanek and Keith Gordon. Filmmakers influenced by De Palma include Quentin Tarantino, Ronny Yu, Don Mancini, Nacho Vigalondo, and Jack Thomas Smith. During an interview with De Palma, Quentin Tarantino said that "Blow Out" is one of his all-time favorite films, and that after watching "Scarface" he knew how to make his own film. Critics who frequently admire De Palma's work include Pauline Kael and Roger Ebert, among others. Kael wrote in her review of "Blow Out", "At forty, Brian De Palma has more than twenty years of moviemaking behind him, and he
The Fourth Man (1983 film) The Fourth Man (1983 film) The Fourth Man () is a 1983 Dutch suspense film directed by Paul Verhoeven, based on the novel of the same name by Gerard Reve. The film stars Jeroen Krabbé and Renée Soutendijk, and was Verhoeven's last film made in the Netherlands. It was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The title refers to Krabbé's position as the fourth man Soutendijk's character seduces, after she presumably has dispatched her first three husbands. The film is sexually explicit and,