Posted by Joshua Zyber on 01/24/06 05:46

"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).

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