HENRY CZERNY RETURNING TO FRANCHISE, TWEETS FROM CHRISTOPHER MCQUARRIE & TODD VAZIRI
This morning, Christopher McQuarrie tweeted a black-and-white photo of Henry Czerny with the message, "There is no escaping the past...#MI7MI8" The teasing indication, of course, is that Czerny, who played the IMF director in Brian De Palma's franchise-starting Mission: Impossible in 1996, is returning for the next two installments, which are being filmed back-to-back later this year for planned releases in 2021 and 2022. About two hours later, Todd Vaziri, visual effects supervisor on the recent Mission: Impossible films, tweeted the image above with the message, "🚨 KITTRIDGE ALERT 🚨".
A week ago today, McQuarrie discussed one of Czerny's big scenes from De Palma's film in a tweeted response to Tom Gregory. "DePalma," wrote McQuarrie, "while he certainly has flair, doesn't do anything in Mission just for show. His low angles in the fish restaurant, for example, create an intense sense of pressure and keep the fish tank above them in the story. He's not showing off. He's setting up. He let the scene and location tell him where to put the camera and when to cut. He understands that a scene is not just a series of lines, but a series of emotional impulses. The *visuals* tell the story. The dialogue is merely score. Watch the scene again without sound."
On a side note, I love this response McQuarrie tweeted earlier this morning to someone asking him how he avoids plot holes: "Avoid plot."
