In addition, De Palma explores social and ethical tensions that deconstruct the American mythos. Paranoid conspiracy and power politics shape the ethical dilemmas of the young heroes in such works as Blow Out and Casualties of War. While De Palma may peripherally examine larger social issues of institutional, professional and political corruption, as in Scarface (1983), The Untouchables (1987) and The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), the director regards himself as an artist and not a polemicist. Even Carrie, which explores the social conformity and cruelty of teenage bonding, essentially parodies itself through De Palma's characteristic black humor.
Although De Palma works primarily in the genre of the psychological thriller, elements of romance, horror and gangster melodramas are explored as well. Adept at urban location shooting, De Palma has brought to the screen the visual ambience of such cities as Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, New Orleans and Florence. Even Casualties of War, an anomaly in genre and location, nevertheless begins and ends on a San Francisco train
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