Brian De Palma on the ‘Body Double’ Ending and His New Film.

That is a good film that sometimes hits greatness.

Body Double is beloved today. But it’s also the kind of movie that nobody could make today

That’s true; I miss those kind of movies. Sydney Sweeney in The Voyeurs is as close as we can get these days. And De Palma on younger millennials and Gen Z is dead on.

What I find interesting when you see contemporary people watch these movies is they’re shocked by the nudity. They go, “Oh my God.” I’m thinking, What, are we living in the Victorian Age here? You know, they have these things on YouTube where they have two people watching a movie and reacting as they watch it? I saw two people watching the opening of Carrie. I thought they were going to have a heart attack! I was like, What has happened to this next generation? They seem to have gotten very Victorian.

I don’t think that the new Puritans realize they are living staid, bland lives at the behest of tech companies and their profits. But it’s obvious when you think about it (as De Palma also has) for 30 seconds. I wonder what if anything will shift this cultural course?