Brian De Palma film it retains De Palma's considerable visual flair, but points more toward his work in mainstream entertainments such as "", the thematic complex thriller for which he is now better known. For many film-goers, De Palma's gangster films, most notably "Scarface" and "Carlito's Way", pushed the envelope of on-screen violence and depravity, and yet greatly vary from one another in both style and content and also illustrate De Palma's evolution as a film-maker. In essence, the excesses of "Scarface" contrast with the more emotional tragedy of "Carlito's Way". Both films feature Al Pacino in what has become a fruitful working
Dario Di Palma Dario Di Palma Dario Di Palma (6 November 1932 - 24 October 2004) was an Italian film cinematographer. Born in Rome, Di Palma began to work in the 1950s as camera operator and assistant camera operator, often with his uncle Carlo Di Palma as cinematographer. After taking care of the cinematography of the second unit for the peplum film "Romulus and Remus" (1961) by Sergio Corbucci, he began his career as cinematographer with two other peplum films, both directed by Alberto De Martino, "Due contro tutti" (1962) and "Perseo l'invincibile" (1963). In mid-1960s, he started working in more significant films,