Im just speaking from experience when I say I know time is needed to paint a beautiful picture and it seems like they let a lot of bad acting slide. They plot is awesome, Michael Ironside and Jennifer O'neill's acting was great, the head exploding scene is incredible but most of the movie is poor acting with some dragging.
shareProbably. Cronenberg has said that some of his "tax shelter" movies had to be rushed. "Videodrome" began shooting without a finished script.
shareYeah, apparently when the Canadian government is funding your picture they give you a very tight budget and a very tight schedule and if you can't finish the film in that time for that money you don't get to finish it at all.
Death is...whimsical today.
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Because of the oddities of Canada's film financing structures at the time, it was necessary to begin shooting with only two weeks' pre-production work, before the screenplay had been completed, with Cronenberg writing the script between 4 a.m. and 7 a.m. each morning throughout shooting. Since the production design team had no time to build sets, in some instances the crew had to drive around looking for things to shoot. As a result, Cronenberg has said, Scanners was a nightmare to make
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanners
Yet it's still a powerful film. Maybe more movies should be made this way. [joke]
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