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
Femme Fatale (2002 film) played weakly in the mid-section of the country. The film generated more than $19.66 million in home video rentals in the United States (significantly higher than the film's United States box office gross). Femme Fatale (2002 film) Femme Fatale is a 2002 French erotic mystery thriller film directed by Brian De Palma. The film stars Rebecca Romijn and Antonio Banderas. It was screened out of competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. The film was a box office bomb, but then the film overperformed in home video market in the United States, and has since developed a cult status amongst