Cat People
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It's a retreating shot,
the POV of someone who is exiting

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but not looking at the subject.
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So it's what they would see
if they had eyes in the back of their head.

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I started using blindside POVs
in American Gigolo

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and I've been using them
in every film since.

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Going back to these
mysterious little shots.

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They're kind of nice,
you put them in here and there,

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people think that they
mean something but they don't.

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All they do is increase
the exotic environment.

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This is a Whitlock matte painting.
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The bottom is the set,
the top is a painting.

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Again, here, you know,
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you're always thinking of
how to make it feel more exotic

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and how can I use the colours
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so you start using the fan and so forth.
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We ended up with In The Jungle,
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we started out with What's New,
Pussycat? But couldn't get the rights.

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That's a real leopard.
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Not the crazy Chinese leopard,
it's a different one.

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You can see the slant of its head,
leopards are different to mountain lions,

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their heads are fuller, more slanted.
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And, of course, they're scarier.

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