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'News clips in the film' was tha archive footage?

posted 13 years ago by Zillajay23
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I really liked the way this movie was shot it makes it look and feel authentic you felt like it was the 1970's. My question is sometimes it's so good I can't tell did they use the real clips from the local news or were they actors? It seemed like whenever they cut to those news breaks about Danny or somebody getting killed it was archive footage. It's so hard to tell but in the end I'm almost positive they used a real clip with the real Danny with his back turned.

[–] SeanJoyce 13 years ago

All of the news (some of which was national) clips were all real footage, as was the ending with Danny Greene.

From what I can recall, the only staged/faux clip was the interview where Greene (Stevenson) challenged the mafia to come after him. This is a bit perplexing to me; it was obviously doctored to appear as vintage as possible, and Stevenson's lines are what Greene actually said verbatim. Why, then, after going to such lengths to preserve accuracy, did they have Stevenson wearing a tank top, when in real life he was shirtless?

"...if that was off, I'd be whoopin' your ass up and down this street." ~ an irate Tarantino

[–] Zillajay23 13 years ago

That's a good question and I appreciate the response I thought it was real just wasn't for sure. I really liked how it was filmed the look of it blended perfectly with the news footage and even the regular parts of the movie it felt like being in the actual time period. I really enjoyed the movie I can't wait for the DVD release I will definitely be buying it can't wait to see it again.

[–] jbs0902 13 years ago

1) The Stevenson scene is not verbatim, just very close.
2) In the archive footage Greene isn't shirtless. His shirt is just a pale yellow. You can see the collar.

[–] SeanJoyce 13 years ago

1) The Stevenson scene is not verbatim, just very close.

If it's not EXACT, the difference is beyond negligible...how's about we say quasi-verbatim?

2) In the archive footage Greene isn't shirtless. His shirt is just a pale yellow. You can see the collar.

http://wiki-images.enotes.com/d/db/DannyGreene.gif

Yeah, he's clearly wearing a shirt Do you always confuse your necklace with your shirt collar?

3) You didn't answer my question, which makes your presence not only unwelcome and intrusive, but also irrelevant.

4) Go fu__ck yourself.

"...if that was off, I'd be whoopin' your ass up and down this street." ~ an irate Tarantino

[–] repo136 13 years ago

Oooooo, what a brilliant retort.
Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have a winner....

"I'm scheming like I'm dreaming on a couch with my feet up."

[–] LTUM 13 years ago

yeah the real clips made the film better for me. i loved it. it made me feel like i was back in the 70s, the way i remember it (minus the car bombs lol)

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[–] churchr-1 12 years ago

I've listened to it a couple of times and I'm pretty sure that the scene where Danny (Stevenson) is facing the camera has Greene's real speech dubbed over it. Greene's voice with Stevenson lip synching it. And if so, they did a lot of work on it because I couldn't see any misses with the synching but it really sounds like it.

[–] SeanJoyce 12 years ago

Completely false.

"...if that was off, I'd be whoopin' your ass up and down this street." ~ an irate Tarantino