MICHAEL CAINE, FROM HIS 1990 BOOK, RECALLS WORKING WITH DE PALMA IN 1980
In 1990, Michael Caine wrote the book, Acting In Film. The chapter on "Directors" includes a paragraph about Dressed To Kill:
Brian de Palma has a bit of a chilly personality, but I admire him as a director and technician. So when he offered me a rathar weird horror film called Dressed to Kill, I figured this was a gamble that might pay off. He was very demanding, often shooting on and on until he got precisely what he wanted. I remember one nine-page sequence that incorporated a 360-degree swing of the camera and required 26 takes (a record for me); whenever we actors got the scene right, the camera didn't and vice versa. That one sequence took a whole day to shoot.
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Updated: Monday, July 28, 2025 6:01 PM CDT
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