While he didn’t partake in any publicity for his latest film, the clearly compromised but no less entertaining Domino, Brian De Palma has granted the now-rare interview on the occasion of his latest project: the entertaining, female-led revenge novel Are Snakes Necessary?, co-written with Susan Lehman. Far from an “old man yells at clouds” tell-all, his chat with the Associated Press is evidence of a filmmaker who is still eager to discuss his passion for cinema even if he’s disappointed with how the industry has transformed.
He discusses the painful shoot for Domino: “We finished it. But I was so disenchanted with the people who financed it … that I said, ‘Guys, here it is. Good luck.'” His career peak: “In my mid-50s doing Carlito’s Way and then Mission: Impossible. It doesn’t get much better than that. You have all the power and tools at your disposal.
He discusses the painful shoot for Domino: “We finished it. But I was so disenchanted with the people who financed it … that I said, ‘Guys, here it is. Good luck.'” His career peak: “In my mid-50s doing Carlito’s Way and then Mission: Impossible. It doesn’t get much better than that. You have all the power and tools at your disposal.
- 3/24/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSGoodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)Cancellations, closures, and cuts continue in the wake of Covid-19. Box Office Pro, Cineuropa, and Complex will be regularly updating timelines of the virus's impact on theatres and the film industry. In response to these events, website Screen Slate and New York City-based cinema Light Industry have launched the Cinema Worker Solidarity Fund, which seeks to help movie theater workers whose jobs have been affected by the closure of local cinemas. Meanwhile, the fate of this year's Cannes Film Festival remains indeterminate, with film companies planning a virtual market (and online screenings) should the festival be cancelled. Elsewhere, SXSW pushes forward by opting to distribute screening links to its jurors for award decisions. Recommended VIEWINGAll of avant-garde filmmaker Sky Hopinka's short films are now available for free, including Fainting Spells...
- 3/18/2020
- MUBI
When IndieWire ranked the best directed drama series of the 21st century, Steven Soderbergh’s “The Knick” finished strong in third place behind “The Girlfriend Experience” and “Mad Men.” The director’s Cinemax medical drama series is often cited as a directorial achievement for the indie filmmaker, but now we know at least one iconic director who disagrees with such an opinion: Brian De Palma.
Speaking to the French publication Le Point (via The Playlist), De Palma went off on Soderbergh and dissed the indie filmmaker for not being a visual filmmaker. De Palma remembered trying out an episode of “The Knick” and thinking there was nothing memorable about the director’s visual style. De Palma was reacting to a reporter’s question referring to Soderbergh and David Fincher as “highly visual directors.”
“Steven Soderbergh, a visual director? Are you kidding?” De Palma said. “Give me an example of a great,...
Speaking to the French publication Le Point (via The Playlist), De Palma went off on Soderbergh and dissed the indie filmmaker for not being a visual filmmaker. De Palma remembered trying out an episode of “The Knick” and thinking there was nothing memorable about the director’s visual style. De Palma was reacting to a reporter’s question referring to Soderbergh and David Fincher as “highly visual directors.”
“Steven Soderbergh, a visual director? Are you kidding?” De Palma said. “Give me an example of a great,...
- 6/5/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Brian De Palma’s horror project that takes inspiration from the Harvey Weinstein scandal now has a title, producers and a planned setting. Saïd Ben Saïd, producer of Paul Verhoeven’s award-winning Elle, tells Deadline the script De Palma is writing is called Predator. Ben Saïd, who produced De Palma’s 2012 Passion starring Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace, will produce Predator with partner Michel Merkt. Separately, De Palma has said he’s using the Toronto Film Festival as a backdrop for the intrigue.
Without revealing the title or his producers’ names, De Palma last week evoked Predator during a French tour for his thriller novel Are Snakes Necessary? which he co-wrote with Susan Lehman. The Carrie, Scarface and Untouchables director told local press he was preparing “a horror film, with a sexual aggressor” at its center. He has since elaborated that the project will take place “within the context of...
Without revealing the title or his producers’ names, De Palma last week evoked Predator during a French tour for his thriller novel Are Snakes Necessary? which he co-wrote with Susan Lehman. The Carrie, Scarface and Untouchables director told local press he was preparing “a horror film, with a sexual aggressor” at its center. He has since elaborated that the project will take place “within the context of...
- 6/5/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
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