Dangerous stunts and scandals: why the filming process has become no less important than the film itself

Peephole into a special world

Information about filming is always of interest to those who love cinema. Some facts explain the unconventional decisions that help directors achieve the perfect shot. For example, when Francis Ford Coppola was filming Apocalypse Now, he faced a problem: Marlon Brando came to the shooting overweight, although the director imagined the hero to be thin. Coppola managed to get out of the situation by rewriting several scenes. As a result, the hero Brando is almost always in the shadows. If the extra weight got into the frame, then the character would look strange: an ascetic living in the forest cannot be full.

Or it is known that Michelangelo Antonioni controlled every detail on the set. So, in the film "Red Desert" a special role is played by color. It is not surprising that the director personally undertook to paint the floors, walls, and in the end even got to the grass. Knowing how the director treated the little things, the viewer himself begins to show miracles of attentiveness. But if Antonioni painted the plants, then Zack Snyder planted them: while working on the Man of Steel, 40 hectares of corn were grown by order. Subsequently in the same field

Christopher Nolan filmed Interstellar. What can we say about the films of Alexei Balabanov with re-voicing of the actors: many still do not know that Alexei Panin in "Zhmurki" was voiced by Semyon Galtsev.

Such details help to look at the picture from a different angle.

Perhaps the viewer is most interested in the process of filming low budget films. Lack of money forces directors and producers to get out by any means. For example, what can "Brother" by Alexei Balabanov and "Reservoir Dogs" by Quentin Tarantino have in common? The actors played in their clothes, since there was nothing to buy costumes. True, Balabanov went even further - in the final scene, the role of a trucker is played by Sergei Astakhov, the film's cameraman.

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Sometimes information from the set allows you to take a different look not only at the actors, but also at their characters. For example, Tom Cruise regularly risks his life by doing his own stunts. For the film "Top Gun" he even learned how to fly an airplane. The viewer who knows about this has a different attitude to action scenes: the frame is not a stuntman, but Tom Cruise, who is in real danger.

Shooting data can further reveal the character of the characters. So, in the film “My Left Leg,” Daniel Day Lewis played an artist who, due to cerebral palsy, could only move one limb. To get into character, the actor moved around the set in a wheelchair. The difficulties experienced by Lewis allowed him to understand his character more, and for the viewer they serve as proof of the greatness of the artist.

A similar situation arose when working on the tape Quentin Tarantino "Django Unchained". During one of the scenes, Leonardo DiCaprio, in a fit of emotion, broke a glass and injured his hand. No one stopped filming, so the picture got a double in which the hero is waving a bloodied hand - this was not in the script.

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Far from all the facts about the filming of films, the audience will learn of their own free will. Often, events that happened behind the scenes become known because of marketers. Scandal or tragedy can generate additional interest. It is unlikely that anyone remembers and rewatches the Terminator. Let the savior come, ”but the scandal arranged on the set Christian Bale, was remembered for a long time - and allowed the failed film to collect at least some box office. And Jared Leto, walking around in women's clothes, gave publicity to the picture "Dallas Buyers Club".

Brandon Lee's death on the set of The Crow also contributed to the film's fame. Paramount Pictures sold the rights to the finished picture to Miramax, which was not afraid to roll the project with such a terrible backstory. Probably, it was the death of the actor that helped earn more than $140 million on a $15 million budget.

Moreover, information about the filming helps the film (and its creators) even years later. For example, in 2022, film resources were once again sorted out, could the main characters of "Titanic" escape in the final scene.

The reason for the discussions was a documentary about the shooting, filmed by James Cameron. The director not only reminded of his old picture, but also once again announced the forthcoming release of the second part of Avatar.

Surveillance of personal life

In the age of social media, celebrities are constantly in the public eye. And if a fan is happy to follow the food and travel of an idol, then it is obvious that the workflow is also interesting. For example, Ryan Gosling asked to replace Rachel McAdams on the set of The Notebook - for the yellow press, this is much more entertaining than the plot of the film. Like the relationship between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on the set of "Mr and Mrs Smithis a classic Hollywood story. Even years after the premiere of the film, entire articles appear about who fell in love with whom and who cursed how.

The filming process may explain some of the director's decisions that seem strange at first. The opportunity to look into the workflow is a chance to study cinema. However, it is worth remembering that much more often off-screen situations turn out to be gossip about the personal lives of actors, and sometimes even marketing bait.