De Palma mentions 'Retribution'

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http://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/brian-de-palma-documetary-hollywood-tv-noah-baumbach-jake-paltrow-1201683547/
What’s the biggest threat to the future of movies today?

Well, we have a big independent field of movies filled with strong visions that are odd and original. Then you have the Marvel world and the prequel world. Good luck with all that. The other problem is that the actors people want for serious movies are going to television. There’s this terrible problem that started with the rise of the agencies when the studio system broke down. The agents control the actors. You can’t get access to actors to get your movies made. They’re all going into television series.

Of course, there are exceptions, like Clooney. He can get anyone for his movies because he knows everybody. And Marty has a great way of attracting actors, as does Woody Allen. So they can get their movies made. But they’re the exceptions rather than the rule. I’d like to make “Retribution” with Pacino, but it depends on whether we can get it cast. Everybody’s out there trying to get those four financeable actors to get their movies made. When you don’t get them, it can go on for years.