Brian De Palma two categories, his psychological thrillers ("Sisters", "Body Double", "Obsession", "Dressed to Kill", "Blow Out", "Raising Cain") and his mainly commercial films ("Scarface", "The Untouchables", "Carlito's Way", and "Mission: Impossible"). He has often produced "De Palma" films one after the other before going on to direct a different genre, but would always return to his familiar territory. Because of the subject matter and graphic violence of some of De Palma's films, such as "Dressed to Kill", "Scarface" and "Body Double", they are often at the center of controversy with the Motion Picture Association of America, film critics and the viewing public.
Prestoea montana Negro State Forest, in the Puerto Rico Cordillera Central. According to studies in the Luquillo Mountains, this palm also is associated with landslides. The fruit of Prestoea montana (Sierra Palm) is the favorite food of the Puerto Rican parrot. "Prestoea montana" was described by (Graham) G.Nicholson and published in "The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening", . . . 3: 216. 1886. Prestoea: generic name in honor of Henry Prestoe (1842–1923), English botanist and traveler, who collected the plant in Trinidad.<br> montana: from the Latin, meaning "from the mountain". Prestoea montana Prestoea montana (Vernacular English: Sierran palm; Vernacular Spanish: Palma de sierra)