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Posted by Matthew Dickinson on 01/24/06 06:55
Joshua Zyber wrote:
> "Matthew Dickinson" <stalepie@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:1138068120.067886.60970@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > Well, somebody had to get out a camera and some very similar-looking
> > robed and unclothed figures and film them, walking a camera past them,
> > in about the same motion as was done in the "uncensored" version.
> > Normally it's not easy to superimpose people onto the middle of the
> > screen without making it look out of place and in the uncensored
> > version there are gaps where the people conveniently fit.
>
> The robed figures were digitally animated in. They are CGI, not real
> actors. If you crank up your brightness the effect stands out pretty
> clearly (obviously, you're not meant to do that for normal viewing).
>
> The figures were added by Warner Bros. after Kubrick's death because the
> MPAA rated the movie NC-17 in its original form, and adding those
> figures to block out the nudity was the least obtrusive method of
> self-censorship that the studio could impose without cutting any
> footage.
>
> Prior to his death, Kubrick was well aware that he was obligated to
> deliver an R-rated movie, and would have altered the scene in some way
> himself had he not died. He was notorious for tinkering with and
> fine-tuning his movies right up to the last minute, sometimes demanding
> prints be retracted after the movie had already premiered so that he
> could cut footage (e.g. 2001, The Shining).
They don't look computer generated to me.
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