Cat People
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There was a point fairly early on
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where there was some thought given to
using animatronic animals,

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we did some exploration of that.
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You have an animatronic hand
and a tail - you build those -

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but for the most part
we used the real animals.

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This is a mountain lion,
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he's trapped here, this is on location.
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It's very risky doing this
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because the helicopter
was spooking him like crazy.

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You can assume that in any scene
where you do not see the cat,

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the cat is nowhere around.
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These animals burn out very quickly
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and you only use them
when you actually look at them.

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At this point,
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the great departure
from the original script,

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the original idea, all starts.
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Because what convention would dictate
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is that he would go to kill the monster.
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But, in fact, he's not
going to do that at all.

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This shot here is from
American Friend by Wim Wenders,

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where you're up on top, you drop down

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