![]() Individually - their beliefs are as varied as Tom Cruise and Tom Waits. As a group, the only thing they have in common is lust for MAKING. And - if you think Hollywood - that herd of cats who make the entertainment which may well be our last exportable natural resource - is wrangled into the lock-step of an agenda other than making money and making entertainment, then you've obviously never met a writer, an actor, a musician, an artist, a computer nerd, a designer, a makeup artist, a stunt coordinator, or an agent. The truth is, each filmmaker has a point of view that is their own - or at least the ones who make the films we want to see. ![]() So again, there's a laugh here if you think De Palma is the tool of any studio, influential group, or left-wing agenda. And that he'd made so much money and reputation points for studios that no studio, executive, or other influencing body could or would try to influence or control the content of his films. They all turned to look at me like I was next in line for the noose - and so I pointed out that Scorsese was New York Italian Catholic - and had contemplated the priesthood. Back in the day when Martin Scorsese made "The Last Temptation of Christ," I got cornered next to a conversation of religious conservatives who were ranting about the "Jews who control of Hollywood" being behind Scorsese's film. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that a view of the world from his camera will not look like anybody else's, and most surely won't be subject to anybody else's rules or political agenda. As far as I could tell, this was a look at the world through De Palma's own Snake-eyes - via a camera, and a script HE wrote. This film, like "Hi Mom" & "Greetings" (and even "Get to Know Your Rabbit) is not part of the Hollywood so many "reviewers" leaving their drivel in IMDb (aka the un-united statesmen) are either railing against or rallying behind. What looks like a careless frame was there to look careless. What looks rough was intended to look rough. ![]() The thing we know for sure about de Palma is that there are no accidental or unintentional images, cuts, camera angles or words in his movies.
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