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[darkest0knight]

So there's this opening shot--Orson Welles; Touch of Evil, 1958--and the studio used to roll the credits over it, which was shitty and not the way Welles wanted it at all, 'cause who can really focus on what's going on if you're reading some little captions about the actors or the producer at the bottom at the same time?

But they finally took the

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[stokerwasahack]

Didn't Ms. Leigh break her arm before filming?

[darkest0knight]

Yeah, if you look at most of her shots, she's only got one arm in camera and the other's in a cast off-screen.

[stokerwasahack]

It's been a long time since I've seen it. As I recall, Welles was fired.

[darkest0knight]

RKO was a bunch of bastards anyway.

[stokerwasahack]

Every industry has its hazards.

[darkest0knight]

Hollywood has more than a few. Imagine doing all that work and the studio screwing you over as soon as you turn your back.

[stokerwasahack]

I imagine it would be rather like finding out the publisher replaced all but the basic structure of your novel with a ghost writer's work.

[darkest0knight]

Still pissed about that?

[stokerwasahack]

I am not "pissed" about anything.

[darkest0knight]

Uh huh.

[stokerwasahack]

We aren't having this argument.

[darkest0knight]

Don't see how we could be, with me being so agreeable and all.

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[stokerwasahack]

Good. Oh, and Tony? I apologize for the other night.

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[darkest0knight]

...Lee said something to you?

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[stokerwasahack]

Tell me one thing. Am I more accommodating in the future you know?

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[darkest0knight]

Sometimes. And then sometimes something happens and we're back where we started.