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There Are Two Movies Brian De Palma Considers The 'Pinnacle' Of His Career
By JOSHUA MEYER
Brian De Palma's career has had its ups and downs, but he's often cited as one of the leading figures of the New Hollywood era. In a 2020 interview with the Associated Press, De Palma was asked whether he thought of his career as "having a pinnacle."
He said, "You get older. You have a very good creative period, but if you're making decent movies after you're 60, it's kind of a miracle." When asked to pinpoint the pinnacle of his own career, De Palma said, "In my mid-50s doing 'Carlito's Way' and then 'Mission: Impossible.'"
"Carlito's Way" reunited him with two former collaborators, Al Pacino and Sean Penn, for a kind of spiritual sequel to "Scarface," while "Mission: Impossible" paired him with Tom Cruise, the world's biggest movie star, for the start of a new blockbuster franchise that is still going to this day. De Palma said, "It doesn't get much better than that.”