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well, certainly one of the most
famous writers in Hollywood.
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Ben Hecht looked at the picture
and at the end,
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when the lights came up
in the projection room, he said,
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''He should have had a better tailor.''
Referring to the sleeve coming off.
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The sleeve. The sleeve.
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That is to say
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the whole idea of the
threads going one at a time
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was... very visual suspense.
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And maybe if l'd had a better tailor,
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you couldn't have had
an ending to the picture.
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- Can you get a grip with your feet?
- I can't.
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The only mistake Hitch
made in this picture
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was that l, the villain,
was the one in jeopardy,
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and he always regretted that.
:27:49
The audience could not
have the sympathy for the actor
:27:54
who's playing it
because he's the villain.
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Hurry up with the rope!
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But as a technical piece,
it's extraordinary.
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Now came the moment of truth...
the fall.
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There was no equipment
such as you have today.
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There were no graphics.
There were no computers.
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Just a camera and a piece of scenery.
:28:15
They built a platform
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and had a hole in it.
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And the camera could shoot
through that hole.
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And this platform was suspended
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from the top of the stage.
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This was a black-and-white film.
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Today, you would probably, if it was
in colour, you would have used,
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blue or green screen for the effects,
but there we used black.
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So, when Norman Lloyd fell,
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he was on a...
he was sitting on a swivel chair.
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Which was really not a chair.
It was like a saddle on a pipe.