(And yup, even his duds likeThe Bonfire of the VanitiesandMission to Mars.)

Hes tired of the topic.

Ive been dealing with this all my career, De Palma tells EW.

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Hes the director who has the biggest persona in that area.

In fact, we had a conversation about that once, which was very funny.

He continues, I say the same thing over and over again.

I think it was Jean-Luc Godard who said, The history of cinema is men photographing women.

I mean, look at advertising.

Every magazine cover is a women.

We look at women all the time.

Its so obvious to me.

Its not something I discovered.

Obviously I realize that its not good for their image to be transgender and also be a psychopathic murderer.

But I think that [perception] passes with time.

Were in a different time.

Last year,Outpublished a piece callingDressed to Killagay movie landmark.

Im glad that the pictures always seemed a favorite of the gay community, he says.

Because of its flamboyance, basically.