trevanian wrote:
Actually that spit-rotation shot was something they had to cut away from early, because the rig wouldn't sustain the weight of the model through the full amount of rotation.
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That's fascinating. I'd always thought it was an artistic decision.
During its theatrical run I was lucky enough to see it in a theater where the volume was turned up high (on premiere night) as well as a few weeks later at normal volume in a different theater. Some dialogue was obscured the first time around, but the orchestral
WHAM at the end of the opening-credits crescendo was much more thrilling, as were other moments later on.