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> Loy wrote that the biggest problem during shooting was the climactic dinner party scene in which Nick reveals the killer. Powell complained that he had too ma
by js2 3y ago
> Loy wrote that the biggest problem during shooting was the climactic dinner party scene in which Nick reveals the killer. Powell complained that he had too many lines to learn and could barely decipher the complicated plot he was unraveling. It was the one scene when several retakes were necessary, which brought up an entirely new problem. The script called for oysters to be served to the dinner guests and, in take after take, the same plate of oysters was brought out under the hot lights. Loy recalled that "they began to putrefy. By the time we finished that scene, nobody ever wanted to see another oyster".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Man_(film)#Filming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Man_(film)#Filming
(Great movie BTW!)
- jacquesm 3y agoThat's why food photography is an art form. Often the actual food is substituted by something that is more resistant to the thermal onslaught of the lighting but that looks identical. As to the number of takes and food: one particular set I recall was for a cookie brand, they did endless re-takes and the actress that had to eat the cookies started to get sick enough to vomit. We were all pretty happy when the director was finally satisfied with what must have been his masterpiece.
- codedokode 3y agoSo the cookies were not as great as advertised?
- pgeorgi 3y agoIt is the dose that makes the poison...
- jacquesm 3y agoThey definitely weren't. Not by judging the look on her face off camera. Fun final fact: they never used that bit in the ad that aired. Just her hand holding the cookie :) At first I thought it was a different ad but it wasn't they just changed it.