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In the early minutes of the film, when the dead agent's body is swallowed by the coffin, is the actor still inside, or was the frame cut and the coffin empty? Thanks!
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16:01, 19 September 2014 (UTC)reply
IIRC, in the scene in question, the agent is murdered, then the "pallbearers" place the coffin on the ground, covering him up. Presumably (as the fiction goes), the bottom of the coffin was open and then closed beneath him, allowing the pallbearers to pick it up and proceed as if nothing had happened (dozens of witnesses and nobody saw a thing). There doesn't appear to be a cut/edit of any kind. Found the clip on YouTube to confirm ... The agent is stabbed and his killer directs the body into the street. The camera cuts to the funeral procession for a moment. Next, the camera is on the ground, looking down the street with the agent's head in the foreground. The coffin covers the agent and then is lifted up with nothing left behind in one smooth motion. Most likely, the "agent" was a dummy or similar special effect that would have been much lighter than the actor. --McDoobAU9317:39, 19 September 2014 (UTC)reply
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In the early minutes of the film, when the dead agent's body is swallowed by the coffin, is the actor still inside, or was the frame cut and the coffin empty? Thanks!
213.106.130.210 (
talk)
16:01, 19 September 2014 (UTC)reply
IIRC, in the scene in question, the agent is murdered, then the "pallbearers" place the coffin on the ground, covering him up. Presumably (as the fiction goes), the bottom of the coffin was open and then closed beneath him, allowing the pallbearers to pick it up and proceed as if nothing had happened (dozens of witnesses and nobody saw a thing). There doesn't appear to be a cut/edit of any kind. Found the clip on YouTube to confirm ... The agent is stabbed and his killer directs the body into the street. The camera cuts to the funeral procession for a moment. Next, the camera is on the ground, looking down the street with the agent's head in the foreground. The coffin covers the agent and then is lifted up with nothing left behind in one smooth motion. Most likely, the "agent" was a dummy or similar special effect that would have been much lighter than the actor. --McDoobAU9317:39, 19 September 2014 (UTC)reply