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And he said, "Of course." That was it!
:56:05
He didn't say anything else.
:56:07
And when he was shooting,
he would say, "Cat's feet."
:56:10
And you'd learn that
"cat's feet" means pause.
:56:17
I have a scene where I say
something like "Merry Christmas."
:56:20
And I said, "Merry Chris-" "Cut."
:56:23
I said, "Hitch, wh-what are you doing?
I have to say 'Merry Christmas.'"
:56:26
"No. No, Bruce.
Because when you say the 'mas,'
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I'm going to be over here
so, we don't need to shoot it now."
:56:33
So, when I tell directors
that on Family Plot
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we only shot 1 10,000 feet of film,
:56:41
period, and printed 55,000.
:56:43
That's a two-to-one ratio on
a two-hour-and-20-minute movie.
:56:46
Arthur Adamson.
What can I do for you gentlemen?
:56:49
Sorry to bother you, Mr Adamson.
:56:51
Andy Bush, Bureau of Inspectors,
and, uh, this is Lieutenant Peterson.
:56:55
- Hi.
- My pleasure.
:56:57
(Devane) I had directed a play called
Are You Now, Or Have You Ever Been?
:57:00
And one of the main characters
was an actor named John Lehne.
:57:03
And there was a scene in the jewellery
store near the end of the film where
:57:07
he actually comes in looking for me.
:57:09
And so John and I
designed this little beat
:57:12
where I pick lint off his jacket.
:57:14
I'm flattered.
:57:16
Which, to me, is a really,
like, charged moment.
:57:20
When we shot the scene,
:57:23
the cameraman leaned over
and said something to Hitch.
:57:26
And then, Hitch came over to me,
and he said, "Don't do that."
:57:29
I said, W hat's the matter with it?"
He said, "It's just not clear."
:57:33
I'm sorry to disturb you, Mr Adamson.
:57:36
There are two gentlemen to see you
from the police department.
:57:39
(Devane) So we shoot the scene,
and Hitch never looked at film dailies.
:57:43
He stacked it all up. When it was
all over, he watched it all.
:57:47
Then he went back
and did what he wanted to do.
:57:49
What so happened
in that particular scene -
:57:52
He hated the background
in the jewellery store.
:57:54
Might've been all crystal,
or it was all silver.
:57:56
Whatever it was, he didn't like it.
So he wanted to reshoot that scene.
:57:59
So, of course,
John and I were friends.