2:06:00
. . .it was the most desperate.
2:06:03
It was a knife in Stalin's heart.
2:06:30
He had that director's disease. . .
2:06:33
. . .of really imagining the easy part
of it until you get there, you know.
2:06:38
I'm sure he didn't go into Eyes Wide
Shut expecting to shoot for 1 4 months.
2:06:43
I thought the same thing, I said,
"I'll be out of here in three days. "
2:06:48
The first scene we did in two hours,
that night at the house. . .
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. . .where they come in and say hello.
2:06:54
I said "What are all these things
I hear about it taking forever?
2:06:58
I went there, three hours later
I was back at the hotel in London. "
2:07:02
I remember him teasing me,
"What are you doing?"
2:07:05
I said, "I know it's great having
you here, Sydney, you're perfect. "
2:07:09
Because we shot it in a day.
2:07:12
And then, my God.
2:07:15
Of course, the next day. . .
2:07:17
. . .Sydney comes out. . .
2:07:19
. . .and he's dressed.
He's got his sleeves up.
2:07:22
He's in his pants. He knows every
line of this massive scene.
2:07:27
He says, "Let's run lines.
Let's go, Cruise.
2:07:31
Let's go. I got a week.
2:07:32
We're gonna jam this out
and it's gonna be fantastic. "
2:07:36
And we're doing the Steadicam shot
of me coming into the room. . .
2:07:41
. . .and Sydney goes,
"How do you want me to do this?"
2:07:44
Stanley said,
"Well, let's try it and see. "
2:07:48
"Well, I can go to the door fast. "
"Let's see that. "
2:07:51
He says, "Now open the door.
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Maybe that's a little too fast. "
"Okay, I'll go slower. "
2:07:57
We start doing the scene this way,
and...