Posted AT 4:40 AM EDT on 11/09/07
De Palma's comeback
Suddenly, Brian De Palma is hot. Again.The veteran director - 67 today - has been in the film business for at least 40 years and made almost as many pictures in that time. Some of these have been hits(Carrie, Scarface, Body Double, The Untouchables), but a whole lot have not - think Femme Fatale from five years ago, or - pause here and shudder - 1990's The Bonfire of the Vanities.
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