Analysis of a Scene from The Untouchables.
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Film Studies Analysis of a Scene The Untouchables The Station Steps - sequence The Major Credits for The Untouchables The Untouchables, 1987, Paramount, running time 115 minutes approx Producer Art Linson Director Brian De Palma Writer David Mamet Director of Photography Stephen H. Burum Editor Jerry Greenberg Music Ennio Morricone Visual Consultant Patrizia von Brandenstein Art Director William A. Elllíot Cast Kevin Costner (Elliot Ness) Sean Connery (Jim Malone) Robert De Niro (Al Capone) Andy Garcia (G. Stone) Charles Martin Smith (O. Wallace) "Don't wait for it to happen, don't even want it to happen - just watch what does happen." Jim Malone Introduction When I saw the Station Steps - scene the first time I liked and enjoyed it . But after I saw Battleship Potemkin I wanted to watch this sequence again. This time with a critical point of view instead of watching the film through the eyes of a pre-teenager. Brian De Palma borrowed quite directly from Eisestein's Potemkin's key scene's elements: stairs, baby in a carriage rolling down the stairs - and used these to illustrate his...


