After 13 hours by myself in the editing room up on 55th Street I needed a little human intercourse. Alright, who's snickering back there?!
We were shooting one of the biggest scenes of the show tonight, a club scene that opens the movie. There are dancing girls, all our male stars, scores of club patrons, etc.
The club is on the 20th floor of a building down on 5th Ave. and 27th. The club also has a roof garden. A scene will be shot there tomorrow night but there's predicted rain and wind so I'm not sure how that's gonna go. But the view is unreal. The Empire State Building loom huge and high.
Back inside, Marius set up a long Scorcese-like Steadicam shot following the dancing girls winding their way through the kitchen and finally arriving on stage as the club's owner (Valentin) reads a half-hearted birthday greeting to the assembled revelers. Big set-up. Took four hours before even one take was tried.
After a couple hours of this tedium I'd had a sufficient amount of human intercourse -- alright, who is that?! Who's laughing?! Where are you?!
Aaaaaannd...ACTION!
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