Billy Wilder's classic film about a journalist who finds a man trapped in a mine suddenly became very relevant again with the recent story of the trapped Chilean mineworkers. The grim ending is very fitting to what happens before and Wilder realizes it in a stylistic perfect manner with Kirk Douglas almost falling into the camera.
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I wonder how many takes they shot before Kirk Douglas landed right in the center of the frame.
ReplyDeleteI actually tried to mimic this exact shot for a film noir project and I can tell you it's not that easy to pull off!
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