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Painted black
against a black background.
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That didn't expose on the film,
so we put in matte shots.
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This platform, with the camera
and the hand attached
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and my lying on it,
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went up into the air through the roof.
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I believe it was around 40 feet high,
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and the camera just went like that.
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Leaving me seated on this saddle
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doing various balletic movements
as if I was falling.
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I don't know if I could do it today,
but anyway,
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all those movements of falling
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and, of course, the great scream.
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Kane!
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lt was interesting that
people for years asked me,
:29:57
''How was that ever done?''
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Because I never fell.
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It was the camera
going from the close-up,
:30:05
up to the ceiling.
:30:07
But with this and the that
and so forth,
:30:10
it looked like I was falling.
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(Woman Screams)
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lt was breathtaking to me,
because l ...
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even though
l was aware of the pieces,
:30:21
l didn't know how, really,
how he would put this together.
:30:25
And, of course,
finally seeing that last fall
:30:28
and hearing the scream,
which was my scream,
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it's just like a kid in a toy shop.
:30:33
l was just in fantasy land with it.
:30:37
It was just so great.
:30:39
And to see myself on the outside
of Radio City, where it opened.
:30:44
They had these great things on
the wall of the exterior of the theatre ,
:30:50
where they put photographs
from the film.
:30:53
And there l am with a gun,
you know, and so on, looking ...
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l used to take actor friends along,
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and say,
"Would you like to take a walk?"