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this odd darkroom in a bedroom, which
doesn't make a lot of practical sense,
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it makes wonderful visual sense.
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We didn't really
preview this film much.
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Back then, not every film was previewed.
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In fact, most films weren't previewed.
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And I had made this change
at the ending -
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rather than kill the beast,
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to make love to it
and then put it in a shrine.
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I remember the day it opened
at the Avco cinema
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on Wiltshire Boulevard in Westwood,
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Jerry Bruckheimer and the producer
and I went to the first screening,
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we sat in the back
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and there were
a couple of teenage girls in front of us
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and when it came to the bondage scene,
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when Oliver is tying up
the naked Irena to the bed
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so that he can screw her back
into being a leopard
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and David Bowie is singing
this primitive, religious kind of music,
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one girl turned
and put her hand over her mouth
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and said, "Oh, my God,"
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and I turned to Jerry and said,
"I think maybe we went too far."
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I love the fact that we went too far
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and in fact, if we'd previewed it,
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they probably would have made us
change the ending.
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Here, Irena arrives
1:31:38
at his garage/apartment/darkroom.