Who gets the credit for “Mission: Impossible”? M:I series from the perspective of the producer and director *Note! Contains spoilers.

Espionage thriller

The synopsis of the movie ``Mission: Impossible'' is that Ethan Hunt, a young spy, engages in a desperate battle against the CIA and arms dealers over the ``NOC List,'' a list of unofficial CIA operatives scattered around the world. thing.

``Mission: Impossible'' is now known as an exhilarating action-packed series, but the only action that stands out in the first movie is the climax where the chase takes place on the ceiling of a moving TGV.

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Instead, what covers the main story is a gloomy and vivid scene of betrayal and deception. De Palma, who is also known as an admirer of Hitchcock, transforms this gloomy story into a Hitchcockian espionage thriller, making liberal use of his signature elaborate visuals.

During the battle for the list at the US Embassy in Prague, there was a split screen on the surveillance camera monitor. Show a first-person shot with a hidden camera in your glasses. The hanging scene in which the CIA headquarters and secret document storage room are invaded has become a symbolic scene of the series, appearing every time in subsequent series as if it were a homonym. In this scene, the suspense is heightened by a close-up of the sweat dripping down the glasses and a bird's-eye view of Ethan hanging.

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In particular, the scene towards the end where Phelps explains that ``Kittredge orchestrated this whole thing'' is probably one of the best scenes in the series. Phelps whispers, ``It was Kittredge who killed the rest of the team,'' and Ethan nods, but in his head he imagines the scene of Phelps killing them. The fact that the lines and images point to the exact opposite gives the audience an impression of Phelps's cunning.

All of the shots are very typical of De Palma, but they don't stand out in a way that overwhelms the audience, and they are composed of a wonderful group of images that are well-toned.

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