:15:03
Stanley went over to talk to Jimmy
or do something. . .
:15:07
. . .and looked back over his shoulder
and noticed that the dolly track. . .
:15:12
. . .was much further away
from where he had set the camera.
:15:16
He said to Lucien,
"What are you doing, Lucien?
:15:21
I put the camera here,
you're pulling it way back.
:15:24
Why haven't you put it
where I've asked?"
:15:27
He said, "I haven't changed anything.
:15:30
I'm using a 50 mm lens. . .
:15:32
. . .to give you precisely the same
coverage that you've asked for. . .
:15:37
. . .but with the 50. It makes. . .
:15:40
. . .my job a lot easier and it'll go
a lot faster. "
:15:43
Stanley listened to this and said:
:15:46
"What about the change
in perspective that occurs?"
:15:51
He said, "That doesn't matter. "
:15:53
That particular piece of information
is dead wrong.
:15:56
The perspective changes.
It's a different shot.
:16:00
Stanley was aware that Lucien was
simply bulling past him. . .
:16:04
. . .but also what particularly
nettled him was the assumption. . .
:16:08
. . .that he wouldn't understand this
or wouldn't care about it.
:16:11
Stanley said:
:16:14
"Put the camera where I told you,
with the lens that I asked for. . .
:16:19
. . .or get off the set
and don't come back. "
:16:24
He said it very quietly,
very softly. . .
:16:27
. . .and there was
a look between them. . .
:16:30
. . .and Lucien changed the setup and
moved the camera where it had to be. . .
:16:35
. . .and there was never an argument
again, about anything.
:16:39
All right, all right,
check it through.
:16:42
I'm sure you'll find our service
to your complete satisfaction.
:16:48
I suppose a lot of what Stanley is,
and what he did. . .
:16:53
. . .in more complicated ways
with later films. . .
:16:56
. . .is implicit in this simple movie
about a meticulously planned crime.