Quentin Tarantino on Dressed to Kill

Quentin Tarantino reacts to Brian De Palma's 1980 thriller Dressed to Kill.
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[@karanvirkooner1993]

Dressed to Kill and Body Double deserve to be rereleased

[@CornishCreamtea07]

I watched it on Amazon Video, or are you referring to a home media release?

[@dangchanneldeg6948]

Both movies are my favorites

[@jamespotter3660]

Dressed to Kill is on Arrow Video and Body Double on Indicator, both on blu ray.

[@nelsonnoname001]

Yes, and YES!

[@LannieLord]

Body Double is JUNK.

[@SquabbleBoxHQ]

More Tarantino on De Palma, please.

[@deakensomoza3305]

You got it

[@Lakepaul2]

Just more Tarantino

[@oobieo]

There are good clips of him talking about blow out out there

[@zmani4379]

See his book Cinema Speculation

[@littlehype]

That is his favorite director, he speaks about him at exhaust quite a bit.

[@3abood2003]

Love whenever Tarantino shows appreciation to De Palma!

[@HoldenNY22]

I think Tarantino gets a lot of his syutle from DePalma. I think that DePalma also has a long of Violence in his Movie, I think it is part of the story. Tarantino's Violence seems to be more gratuitous- Violence for the sake of Violence in Movies..

[@DK-yq5nx]

Tarantino is at his best when talking De Palma. Smart, funny, observant, passionate. He should write a book about De Palma.

[@davidgangemi3314]

He wrote a book called Cinema Speculation. In it,he writes a whole chapter on DePalma,not to mention a dissertation on many great films and directors. A real page turner.

[@michaelc6261]

My all time favorite experience in a theater was about 15 years ago. Visiting friends in LA, went to a late screening of Dressed To Kill at the New Beverly theater. Quentin was there in the row and seat in front of me. Honestly it doesn’t get better as a die hard cinemaphile than watching DePalma and watching Tarantino watch DePalma. A transcendent, unforgettable experience.

[@Carbonara812]

Damn. Got me beat. All I got is Sat Behind Quarterback Steve Young at premiere of Raising Arizona. He liked it.

[@blackamerican40]

So glad Angie and Michael are still with us. 😊

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Dennis Franz was terrific......as always !!

[@jimmyboy7817]

After Psycho 1998 version, it became apparent Dressed to Kill was a great way to remake Psycho for a modern audience, and not simply remake it shot for shot.

[@pjesf]

This film is a classic; I absolutely love it ❤

[@jayanxiety]

Keith Gordon was such an underrated actor, so likable in the various roles he's played. His Jeckel and Hyde performance in CHRISTINE was at times charming with his nerdy personality and at times threatening once his attitude changes through his possession by Christine. In Dressed to Kill, he plays what many kids hoped to be, an amateur secret agent/ detective. Still, he's made a great name for himself as a director, so it's not too bad that he doesn't act that often.

[@AlabamaWyatt]

Dressed to Kill is DePalma's very best movie. And I consider him better at suspense than anyone in film. Ever. Sisters, Carrie, The Fury, Blowout, Scarface, The Untouchables, Casualties of War, Raising Cain, Carlito's Way, are some of the best movies ever made. This man is on par with Hitchcock. For me, he is even better.

[@davidbreen4830]

OK Quentin.

[@johnnyc.4761]

DePalma is too much of a Hitchcock wannabe, if he had his own ideas he could’ve been good

[@Fiveash-Art]

@@johnnyc.4761 The difference between DePalma and Hitchcock ... DePalma isn't BORING. Psycho was great and I appreciate his direction style, but man, every other movie I've watched of his I was bored out of my mind. Vertigo was such a F'ing slog I fell asleep.

[@juniorjames7076]

C'mon! Carlitos Way was terrible! Young Pacino as Cuban, I'll buy, but Middle Aged Pacino as Puerto Rican?!? It was a sloppy hack job trying to recreate Scarface. And I was very familiar with the Edwin Torres novels and characters. They ruined his vision of the '70s NYC Latino subculture and underworld.

[@Fiveash-Art]

@@juniorjames7076 I liked that movie. I can't stand The Untouchables though. The scene on the steps I was laughing my butt off. I don't know if that movie was trying to be campy or not .. But that's not good if there's a doubt.

[@joshua2814]

I got the Psycho (and giallo) connection within minutes of seeing this movie for the first time, but now I'm thinking I really want to do a double feature.

[@nomadicolours]

As a kid I sneaked into the cinema in Guyana South America, and saw the end. As an adult, I have such an appreciation for it. But I think it's because I love Hitchcock, it's in that style. My fav.

[@skurlandaficionado]

DTK has always had a dreamlike sense about it that works perfectly with DePalma’s visual style and fits the themes touched on in the movie.

[@BebeLush2]

I could listen to Tarantino talk for hours and hours.

[@kben24]

Dressed to Kill > Blow out

[@iamlegend8571]

Angie Dickerson in that opening scene made me a man when I first saw that scene as a teenager on HBO, via the little "set top box" that you HAD to have back then. 😅

[@johnkeenan1829]

She did that to a lot of us, brother. Unbelievably sexy woman, and in her late forties at the time I believe!

[@sithmaster1119]

That was actually Victoria Lynn Johnson, Pet of the Year for Playboy a few years prior, and some 20 years younger than Angie, although Dickinson is still alive at 92 going on 93, and Johnson died in 2019 at the age of 67, following a two-decade bout with cancer (which the doctors expected to be over much, much sooner, when she was diagnosed at age 46)

[@iamlegend8571]

@@sithmaster1119 Thanks for the knowledge!

[@ikilledsifodyas]

Just imagine seeing that scene in a movie theater when you were 12 years old. 44 years later, and I still don't think I've fully recovered. 🤣

[@ikilledsifodyas]

Just imagine seeing that scene in a movie theater when you were 12 years old. 44 years later and I still don't think I've fully recovered. 🤣

[@Pnanasnoic]

I can listen to QT read a cookbook.

[@Fiveash-Art]

He definitely has an amazing enthusiasm for what he loves. The way he retains and conveys information makes me think he has to be a bit on the spectrum though. Guy is brilliant.

[@bruh_hahaha]

Would love Tarantino to take on a big budget adult thriller ala Gone Girl, Dressed to Kill, Basic Instinct, etc.. This genre needs a comeback, if anyone can do it Tarantino can. 🍿

[@DanCrowleyNYC]

This was excellent. Tarantino is in my top 5 favorite directors, and DePalma is def in my top 10. I love Dressed To Kill, it's one of the most re-watchable DePalma films. The Hitchcock references are perfect!

[@richardjarrell3585]

Not just PSYCHO, lots of VERTIGO are homaged in DRESSED TO KILL

[@leonardvicari2857]

Great Tarentino on Depalma Dressed to kill a great movie

[@felixmidas3245]

He mentions all the supporting cast without a word for the lead Michael Caine.

[@user-rw9cb8qq6x]

Blowout also one of his faves.

[@terrygracy8345]

Love that elevator scene. Using the mirror.

[@worldtraveler007]

Looks cool but I've never seen a blind spot mirror in an elevator before 😅

[@Njbear7453]

The music

[@MrJawstherevenge87]

This movie is perfection

[@RobinJohnstonphotography]

Nancy Allen looking the spitting image of Sydney Sweeney, are the related? I see a remake happening. I also like Quentins remake idea, so many films are partial remakes we make the same story over and over.

[@whartonbizzo]

A good movie is 'Manhunter' in Black and White. BOOM, THERE YOU GO.

[@Com005]

OMG! This is giving me flashback trauma. Not because the movie is brutally violent, which it is, but because I went to see it with my parents and I had to sit next to Mom during the sex scenes.

[@sebastianalegria3401]

If I could interview Quentin, we would spend hours and hours talking movies and big franchises, regarding De Palma, I'm not a huge fan of him, but I remember seeing Scarface and Carlito's way on TV as a kid, which were worth watching.

[@sebastiannarvaez862]

Quite funny this video appeared when I notice Body Double came to Max plataform in Latin America

[@willdecker4630]

Love this film, Its ace.

[@JustinGone]

I love listening to Tarantino talking about film.

[@Njbear7453]

You will never forget the first time you see dressed to kill

[@PinaCollada-zp7vx]

yeah thumbnail seems about right

[@LannieLord]

It was great to see this in a theatre in 1980. Back then, If I know how shoddy the future was going to be- I would have loved it more for what it was. I did not care for Blow Out and Body Double.

[@rockinrichardsmoviereviews1901]

Bobby might be Tarentino's favorite DePalma killer,mine is the killer from "Body Double".

[@williamk3702]

DTK is split diopter overdrive as well. Could this be a visual metaphor for the theme of schizophrenia, with the background intruding on the foreground so? 'Scuse me while I puff smugly on my briar pipe. Naw, DePalma should've directed Wicked, Wicked, maybe - not that that film isn't perfect in it's own way. DTK was shelved both as Horror and Drama or thriller in UK vid shops, too - it's a sign of Depalma's briliance, he made the kind of movie that could inspire outraged tabloid invective, but still get coverage in TV Times. He could make movies a wide range of viewers wanted to watch, and weren't turned off by the subject matter. Well, not all of them anyway.

[@mr29]

Angie Dickinson should've gotten a Supporting Actress nomination for this film.

[@JohnMinehan-lx9ts]

She was an under-rated actress . . . .

[@LannieLord]

the Academy is NOTORIOUS for not liking Suspense / Horror and Sci-Fi. In 1980 still a lot of OLD actors and actresses on the board.

[@JohnMinehan-lx9ts]

People often create something of lasting value from Pulp Genres.

[@palmecho_productions]

Bookmarked 🔖

[@LA-rv2fr]

terrifying and excellent film!

[@samiam7342]

Of all the De Palma killers, my favorite is Al Israel as Hector "The Toad" - the Colombian drug trafficker..........

[@michaelkenny7467]

Did I miss where he mentioned Michael Caine?

[@deakensomoza3305]

Quentin Tarantino on Danny Boyle?

[@DIOBrando-ij2bp]

Tarantino on Sunshine?

[@southlondon86]

Tarantino on weed?

[@lanolinlight]

He meant rapturous.

[@VictorGarciaFilms]

I was gonna say, I don't think "rhapsodous" is a word 😂.

[@grongy6122]

why does the thumbnail looks like a tarantino ps2 model

[@ninamc6116]

One of my all time favorite movies! weirdly not gratutitous.....DePalma masterpiece, his golden era.

[@staggerlee6794]

Jeez! I don't remember 'Dressed to Kill' being this good. I'll have to check it out again. Even if it is just for another gander at Ange Dickinson's bush.

[@DANIELMABUSE]

Pretty sure that is a body double.

[@staggerlee6794]

@@DANIELMABUSE NO SPOILERS! 😆

[@neilchapman5145]

@@DANIELMABUSEyou mean like a stunt minge or something of that ilk? Maybe special guest axe wound?

[@mondoenterprises6710]

Ahhh, it was a horror drama, okay. Basically a horror flick.

[@rodgerollins]

First 15 minutes is homage to Vertigo

[@karlkarlos3545]

In what way? having an eight minute scene in a museum, that is entirely different from the 60 second scene in Vertigo?

[@Silvio67]

DePalma voiced Bobby.

[@Tanzosh]

While I certainly enjoy these early DePalma films, he did rip off (or homage) Hitchcock three times, with Obsession (Vertigo), Dressed To Kill (Psycho), and Body Double (Rear Window).

[@methaqualone5191]

I saw this movie at the theater. Some male-to-female transgenders are actually like that. Although not killers, but I once knew one who would go back and forth from her male self to a female self. I think it was due because she'd lived as a heterosexual male for so many years before transitioning so she'd often slip back into the male role of being aggressive, pushy, arrogant, narcissistic.

[@Fiveash-Art]

I liked this movie better than Blow Out .. I was expecting to be really impressed by that one and other than some of the cinematography and visuals, I wasn't really all that invested. None of these movies beats Carrie though.

[@davids736]

Oh dear, I really shouldn't have started to watch this... Too many spoilers. It's one of the very few De Palma films that I haven't actually seen. Bugger it... I fucked up there!!! 🙄😆

[@mic187x2]

This is one of only three good Brian DePalma movies.

[@steveconn]

Great Michael Caine role(s). Body Double nearly soft porn in its focus on the industry and voyeurism.

[@JetScreamer_YT]

Sadly, Angie says she had a body double for the shower. But 11 year old me didnt care

[@leespiderpod]

De Palma and voyeurism go hand in hand

[@MikeL-7]

Brian did coke and wrote a script. Quentin: where do I pay in.

[@CoolCoyote]

that was better than the actual movie lol

[@Stroheim333]

Harry Potter...

[@paulconway384]

Dressed To Kill is good. But is rather tame on the violence. Italian gialli do it better 😂

[@kowalski-turniton6704]

Go on Quent, do a remake as your last movie. Make it so un-woke, the media will spontaneously combust.

[@maximusprime3459]

It sounds like Tarantino...but not really.

[@josebenito15]

Tarantino is always in B movies - He must know why.. Spaghetti's western are definitely B movies - And This one is a Bad Remade of Hichtcock stuff.. It has the Museum sequence which is very well crafted but the rest is mediocrity. De Palma was always goofy on Hichtcock - And I understand that.. But Tarantino is not very keen on Hichtcock films.. And I don't definitely understand that 🎉

[@SpiritofStLouis1927]

Tarantino's admiration of De Palma is largely unwarranted.

[@somerset6646]

"Now he knows what he wants to do as a thriller." Rip off Hitchcock.

[@karlkarlos3545]

Aw, you are so smart, aren't you?

[@peteradaniel]

Dressed to Kill; Psycho; silence of the lambs. It’s a bit of a trope at this point and difficult to ignore.

[@bookiester]

This guy is insufferable.

[@hungwilliam44]

I dont like that oh no lets go intro. it annoys me every time. going to have to block you so sorry.

I didn't like this movie. I did like Risky Business

[@Poochpatrol]

I’m disappointed Tarantino doesn’t know the definition of schizophrenia.

[@petergivenbless900]

He's not a psychiatrist, he's talking about characterisation in movies; they are two different things and, like a lot of commonly used words, the term is understood differently when used in different contexts.

[@andi515]

It’s poo poo.

[@mattmorris2602]

This is a dreadful film!

[@southlondon86]

Why?

[@dinrinch997]

his knowledge on film aside, jesus he is such an insufferable speaker. his clawing desperation to always be the one speaking, talking over everyone, correcting everyone... laughing at his own jokes.. his tone of voice.. when he gets locked onto a word, like 'sorta!'

[@LannieLord]

And he states his "facts / theories" as LAW .