MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE—Story and Spectacle celebrates the phenomenon of Paramount Pictures’ thrilling MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE franchise. The exhibition will spotlight star and producer Tom Cruise’s exceptional commitment to practical stunt work, and explore how the series combines technical ingenuity, personal discipline, and artistic commitment, all in service of storytelling, character development, and performance. Sections of the exhibition will be devoted to each film in the series, with a focus on that film’s key stunt or action sequence, along with unique behind-the-scenes content that offers insight on how the remarkable stunts were prepared for and filmed, complemented by related production artifacts.

Access to MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE—Story and Spectacle is included with general Museum admission tickets during its run.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE—Story and Spectacle and related programs to be announced are supported by a Market New York grant from Empire State Development and I LOVE NY, New York State’s Division of Tourism.

Aside from the giallo influences, I also connected with the De Palma references. The film features a high-gloss aesthetic reminiscent of features like Body Double and Femme Fatale. It’s also steeped in shadowy noir camerawork by Ali Asad. The cinematographer creates a seductive look and feel that’s fitting to the steamy narrative it accompanies. I initially lamented that we don’t see any split-screen shots to further amplify the callbacks to De Palma’s heyday, but that might have read as too on the nose, considering that the De Palma homages don’t stop there.

The far-fetched twist is plenty reminiscent of the ultimate reveals in films like Raising Cain, Body Double, and Dressed to Kill. It’s worth mentioning that De Palma was heavily inspired by giallo films, and Marshall takes many of his cues from De Palma, so the inspiration here runs several layers deep.

On the whole, the De Palma references paired with the style-over-substance approach so common to giallo filmmaking make this erotic thriller uniquely appealing to me. With that said, it’s not nearly as good as the films that inspired it. In fact, Compulsion is pretty rough. However, it’s ultimately entertaining, visually striking, and invokes nostalgia for the iconic careers of two of my favorite directors. If that sounds like your cup of tea, you may want to check out Compulsion. The film is now available on demand and in select cinemas.

I just wanted to share a few photos from Carrie screening in Vancouver today, they did 2 screenings, back to back, sold out shows!

Flanagan and the cast went on the stage and introduced the film as a Great film and a Classic Flannegan said that he would not have thought of coming near it again for a remake, unless he thought that he would bring something new to the story, especially the bullying part that has progressed since

The lead actress in the new series has never watched the original!

It was a great evening watching this masterpiece with the audience

 

Cheers

Mustafa

4. The prom scene from Carrie

This was another reference I had for the cover art. I love Brian De Palma so much and I feel he always has an aesthetic influence working on me. It’s the point when Carrie is pushed to the edge, and all this rage she was repressing explodes out of her, and she becomes powerful and monstrous. I found it had some parallels to the transformation of Carlyn to Jane in my album, and I had some earlier demos that didn’t make it onto the record that explored this more deeply, with Jane as a Frankenstein-esque figure.