Long tracking shots of Mary-Jane Watson? A split-screen composition showing Peter Parker shadowing Harry Osborn? Al Pacino as the Green Goblin?
If the mind reels at what kind of "Star Wars" films David Cronenberg or David Lynch could have made, imagine what sort of superhero flick the great Brian De Palma would have given the world.
It actually came closer to happening than you think.
"As a matter of fact, years and years ago they came to me with 'Spider-Man,'" the neo-Hitchcockian director -- whose newest movie "Redacted" centers on the media coverage of the Iraq War -- revealed to MTV News. "I still have those stacks of comic books."
But although he's worked in several different genres, including horror and sci-fi, De Palma is best known for his crime thrillers. It's perhaps because of this that he admitted "Spider-Man" isn't "really what I do."
"The comic book world is not something I have a natural affinity for," he confessed. "I like to go into real situations and do stylized, expressionistic renditions of them more."
Nevertheless, the offer was on the table. So what would a De Palma "Spider-Man" have looked like? How would he have stacked up to Sam Raimi? Sound off below.
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