Beach under the Twins?


I first saw this weird film 7 years ago,and I thought the beach scenes (with the gorilla) were shot in Coney Island.I saw the film again today,and it seems that these scenes were shot on a beach next to...the World Trade Center.But there is no beach next to it!Only the Hudson river!What's going on?

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Rear-screen projection.

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Go, Methodists!

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Why did Ferreri set the dead gorilla scenes next to the WTC?Was it something symbolic?I mean,if it was already there,I'd say he just did it beacuse he liked the location,but like you said,it a was a rear screen projection,so why did he want the WTC at the background,and not just a simple beach with a real background?

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The imagery references the '76 remake of King Kong, wherein the beast fell from the WTC tower w/ the antenna on it. I've read in a few places that the giant gorilla was itself a leftover from that other movie which Ferreri recycled. That makes sense to me. He was obviously pulling from wherever he could to execute the piece as quickly as possible.
As for the rear-screen claim, I don't know. I've not had a chance to see this movie in a while, but I doubt it. My assumption is that this part of Manhattan was not so developed in the late 70s. The World Trade Center was relatively new and close to the water, certainly tall enough to loom up like it's right on the beach.

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That area is now Battery Park City, and that is not the King Kong that was used in the earlier film. The one used in the finale of the 1976 KK was a solid piece of styrofoam, and it didnt look anything like the one in this.

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