06-08-2018, 01:32 PM
I worked for Mr. Liman on Mr. and Mrs. Smith. The more I think about it, the more I want to write a novel of just that film and it's madness.
Liman was the director. Rumor had it, he became a director because his father was a money man for the studios and demanded that he be given the job.
I was responsible for building the sets inside the furniture store where they have a big gunfight at the end. Pretty much everything I built, they filmed. Then they rebuilt and re-filmed it in a different location.
I got to play onset carpenter when they filmed at the warehouse. I was installing a breakaway wall for them to drive a truck through. While I was doing this, the film company with Mr. LIman in charge were setting up to film this model home right next to us.
Liman always seemed distracted and out of it. Like he had wandered onto set and didn't really know quite what was going on.
so, We're setting up. The film company company is going through the lengthy process of setting up the lights, cameras, positioning for the actors, etc.. It was very complicated and I think they had taken an hour up to this point to set it up.
Liman spots us. He walks over. He asks us what we are doing. I tell him. Liman likes what he sees. He turns to the First Assistant Director and tells him they should shoot the set we are setting up.
What? Your minutes away from shooting in the other direction on a completely different set. You would destroy all the work that had gone into to setting up that shot. Only a crazy person would do that.
Next thing you know, they were lighting the break away wall and taking down the lights on the model home set.
Liman was the director. Rumor had it, he became a director because his father was a money man for the studios and demanded that he be given the job.
I was responsible for building the sets inside the furniture store where they have a big gunfight at the end. Pretty much everything I built, they filmed. Then they rebuilt and re-filmed it in a different location.
I got to play onset carpenter when they filmed at the warehouse. I was installing a breakaway wall for them to drive a truck through. While I was doing this, the film company with Mr. LIman in charge were setting up to film this model home right next to us.
Liman always seemed distracted and out of it. Like he had wandered onto set and didn't really know quite what was going on.
so, We're setting up. The film company company is going through the lengthy process of setting up the lights, cameras, positioning for the actors, etc.. It was very complicated and I think they had taken an hour up to this point to set it up.
Liman spots us. He walks over. He asks us what we are doing. I tell him. Liman likes what he sees. He turns to the First Assistant Director and tells him they should shoot the set we are setting up.
What? Your minutes away from shooting in the other direction on a completely different set. You would destroy all the work that had gone into to setting up that shot. Only a crazy person would do that.
Next thing you know, they were lighting the break away wall and taking down the lights on the model home set.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm