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This is a two-tiered set.
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Alan's script was set in New Orleans
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and I thought New Orleans was good
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because it is the least American
of American cities
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in that it has flown under
five different flags
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and has the most polyglot population,
in history, of any city.
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And also, of course,
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there is the Caribbean
and the voodoo traditions.
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Now, this again is a Scarfiotti set.
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He was the only production designer
who did this,
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or the only one who got away with it.
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He would make a set
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and no one was allowed to see it
until it was finished.
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You saw the drawings
and the models, of course.
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When it was ready he'd take you over
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and he'd show you all the angles
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that the set had been designed
to be seen from
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and the priority of the angles
from which to see the set.
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So that first shot
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from the living area into the dining area,
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it was the first thing
that Nando showed me.
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He said, "This is the primary angle
for the establishing."