This precious advice from George Lucas changed the impossible mission opening – Actus cinema

Lucas brought strength to de Palma! George Lucas had an impact, and not the least, on the Mission film: Impossible released in 1996, the first episode of the Saga of Ethan Hunt, and directed by Brian de Palma.

In the podcast Light The Fuse relayed by Colliderwe learned the role played by the creator of Star Wars in the editing of De Palma's film as we know it today:

“What are these people doing?”

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“At first [du film]we had this very strange scene – I find it hard to remember today – with [Jon] Voight and, a kind of story of jealousy between his wife and Tom, then we plunged into the first mission. When George saw the film, the first thing he said was: 'What do these people do? It's mission: impossible, it's a group of guys who are about to do things! They must therefore be brought together around a table and tell the public what they are supposed to do ', and that's what we did. We came back and turned and then added this scene. This is an example of mutual aid. “

And this is how an action film which was to open with a love triangle between Tom Cruise, Jon Voigt and Emmanuelle Béart finally started with Jon Voigt receiving a mission on an aircraft and then transmitting it to his team. The heart of the Mission concept: impossible posed in a few post-generic minutes.

But that's not all, according to Emilio estevez in the podcast Happy Sad ConfusedLucas also asked De Palma where his “Spaghetti scene”namely the informal time of the team where you get to know each member.

An unwavering friendship

Being of the same generation and friends, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Brian de Palma and Francis Ford Coppola have always shown themselves their respective films in order to collect the impressions of each other, leading to a creative emulsion that made it possible to create some of the greatest films of the 20th century.

Mission: Impossible will blow its 30 candles next year, and the latest installment in the saga is currently in cinemas. Entitled Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, he opposes an Ethan Hunt still as a daredevil with an artificial intelligence.