Cat People

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the dream life of the cat people

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and her realisation of who she is.

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And this is the New Orleans airport
where she first came in

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and then she goes through the doorway

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into the stage set
that we used for the prologue.

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And we had to dye all this sand orange

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and it turned out to be
some kind of pollutant

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and we had to shut down for a while

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because people
were getting upset about it and sick.

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This is...

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Malcolm is riding on the dolly,
that's why he doesn't move

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and she's walking behind
against a huge fan.

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What we had in mind here
was that she sees her mother,

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based on a famous
surreal leopard painting.

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We actually shot that but it didn't
work out, it looked too hokey.

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These poor leopards are dying now,
it is hot up there.

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It is very hot
and they're all tethered to that damn tree

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by wires to leashes around their necks.

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In fact, during one shot
a leopard actually fell off the tree

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and was swinging from the tree

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and the animal handlers had to rush over

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and rescue him
and get him back up on the tree.

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But I love this Jungian kind of imagery