Information about filming is always of interest to those who love cinema. Some facts explain non-banal solutions that help directors achieve the perfect frame. For example, when Francis Ford Coppola was shooting 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, Brando's character 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" color plays a special role. It is not surprising that the director personally undertook to paint the floors, walls, and eventually 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 plants, then Zack Snyder planted them: while working on "Man of Steel", 40 hectares of corn were grown by order. Subsequently, in the same field Christopher Nolan shot "Interstellar". What can we say about the paintings of Alexey Balabanov with the re-sounding of the actors: many still do not know that Alexey Panin in "Blind Man's Buff" was voiced by Semyon Galtsev.
Such details help to look at the picture from a different angle.
Perhaps the most interesting thing for the viewer is the process of filming low-budget pictures . The lack of money forces directors and producers to get out by any means. For example, what can "Brother" Alexey Balabanov and "Mad Dogs" Quentin Tarantino have in common? The actors played in their own clothes, because there was nothing to buy costumes for. However, Balabanov went even further — in the final scene, the role of a trucker is played by Sergey Astakhov, the film's cameraman.
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 performing stunts on his own. For the painting "Top Gun" he even learned how to fly an airplane. The viewer who knows about this has a different attitude to action scenes: in the frame is not a stuntman, but Tom Cruise, who is in real danger.
The 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 move only one limb. To get into the image, 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 the shooting, so a double in which the hero is waving a bloody hand got into the picture — this was not in the script.
Far from all the facts about the filming of films, viewers will learn of their own free will. Often the events that happened behind the scenes become known because of marketers. A scandal or tragedy may arouse additional interest. Hardly anyone remembers and reviews the tape "Terminator. May the Savior come", but the scandal arranged on the set Christian Bale , remembered for a long time — and allowed the failed film to collect at least some cash. And Jared Leto, walking around in women's clothes, gave publicity to the picture "Dallas Buyers Club".
The death of Brandon Lee on the set of "The Raven" also affected the fame of the film. Paramount Pictures sold the rights to the finished picture to the Miramax studio, which was not afraid to roll out a project with such a terrible backstory. It was probably the actor's death that helped earn more than $140 million with a $15 million budget.
Moreover, information about the shooting helps the film (and its creators) even years later. For example, in 2022, film resources were once again trying to figure out whether the main characters of Titanic could have escaped in the final scene.
The reason for the discussions was a documentary about the shooting, shot by James Cameron. The director not only recalled his long-standing picture, but also once again announced the upcoming release of the second part of Avatar.
In the era of social networks, celebrities are constantly in sight. And if a fan is happy to follow the idol's meals and travels, then it is obvious that the workflow is also interesting. For example, Ryan Gosling asked to replace Rachel McAdams on the set of "Diary of Memory" — for the tabloid press, this is much more interesting than the plot of the film. Like the relationship between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on the set of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is a classic Hollywood story. Even years after the premiere of the film, there are whole articles about who fell in love with whom and who swore how.
The filming process can explain the director's decisions, which initially seem strange. 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.
