Min-sik Choi is a devout Buddhist and prayed to and apologized to the live octopus he had to eat.
Oldboy (2003)
Posts tagged "behind the scenes"
The mock up posters for the propaganda film “Stolz der Nation” are historically accurate including a German censor approval stamp and they are rendered in the style of the actual film posters of that era, according to the book ‘Film Posters of the Third Reich’.
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
None of the advisors to Clint Eastwood wanted him to do this film. They did not think it was funny or that audiences would get it.
Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
The movie was finished under budget with NZ$45,000 remaining. Peter Jackson used it to spend two days shooting the park scene with Lionel and the baby Selwyn. He has gone on to say that it is his favorite scene.
Dead Alive (1992)
The monolith was originally to have been a black tetrahedron; however, it did not reflect light properly. Stanley Kubrick then decided to use a transparent cube, but that proved to be too difficult to use because of the reflections created by the studio lights. Next came a rectangular monolith cast from Lucite that looked unconvincing, and finally the familiar black slab.
20001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Because the movie was planned out as an action/adventure, the production crew wore T-shirts to work that read “ATLANTIS - Fewer songs, more explosions”.
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
The cab scene on Washington and Cherry Streets in San Francisco could not be entirely shot in San Francisco due to filming restrictions and the opposition of the neighborhood residents. So, a set of the intersection, including the street, apartments and crime scene was constructed at Downey Studios just outside of Los Angeles, California.
Zodiac (2007)
Disney had a special mechanism built especially for this film. Called the “Shaky-cam”, it was designed to be the exact opposite of the “Steady-cam”, that is, to introduce vibrations into the picture.
The Rocketeer (1991)
The Dagobah set needed to be elevated to give Frank Oz and three other puppeteers room to control the Yoda puppet from below. For proper interaction, Mark Hamill was given an earpiece so he could hear Oz doing Yoda’s voice.
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strike Back (1980)
