I do not believe “Snake Eyes” is among the top-tier Brian De Palma movies, however it makes certain as hell much better than the majority of the middle movies huge studios are launching nowadays. The movie is filled with these unbelievable long takes and an exceptional Nicolas Cage efficiency.
Cage just recently informed Slash Movie that he would like to coordinate with director De Palma once again on a “Snake Eyes” follow up.
“You know something? I’ve been trying to work with Brian ever since I made that movie. We had a great script about Howard Hughes that David Koepp wrote. I’d like to revisit that. But I just found out that it’s the 23rd anniversary of “Snake Eyes.” I do not enjoy my old motion pictures, however I’m obliged to enjoy that a person once again since I had a good time dealing with Brian, since of his guts and his capability to do these big takes.”
Let’s make this take place. De Palma isn’t getting any more youthful, he’s 82, and his last 2 movies were launched in 2012 (“Passion”) and 2019 (“Domino”). We’re hearing he’s difficult at work on
which has actually been in pre-production for a couple of years now.
“In my mid 50s [actually his early to 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. When you have the Hollywood system working for you, you can do some remarkable things.”
Enjoyable side note: When asked in 2021 to call his peak profession duration, De Palma didn’t pick anything from the ’70s or 80, however, rather, a one-two punch he had in the early ’90s.“Carlito’s Way” What would I have picked as De Palma’s peak? That 9-year streak in between 1980-1989 was his peak: Dressed to Eliminate, Burn Out, Scarface, Body Double, The Untouchables, Casualties of War (Let’s forget Wise Guys ever existed). I do concur with him about (*), it’s quite close to a work of art and has actually aged really well. When it comes to his ’70s things, It’s struck and miss out on, however Carrie, Greetings, and Phantom of Paradise are the standouts.(*)
