This is auteur theory's fault Tons of people on set could've and should've pushed back -- the kids' parents shouldn't have taken the job, Vic Morrow should've just walked out -- but Hollywood had this ingrained culture that directors were geniuses and you didn't question themhttps://twitter.com/JoshuaHumphrey/status/1335278128797790208 …
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He said it doesn't matter why the director tells you to do something crazy If it seems crazy -- if you have that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach that you don't feel safe doing it -- it is not just everyone in the cast and crew's right but their DUTY to call "Cut!"
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This is really important Like, this whole thing happened because of so-called "bystander syndrome" Whether you're the actor in question, or an actor not in the scene, or a fucking extra, or the PA who brings people coffee, or a rando friend/family visiting the set
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How the fuck could all these people see something as obviously out-of-control and horrifying as this helicopter shoot with the little kids and just watch it go down -- FILM it going down It's only even possible because of how big-budget Hollywood was run like a cult
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Military-like hierarchy where it's super fucking important everyone knows their place in the pecking order and nobody talks back to someone above them in the chain of command if they want to keep on working in movies Fucking magnet for creeps and abusers and wackjobs at the top
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Guys like John Landis were drawn to making movies -- and stubbornly refused to find a job other than making movies after he caused the worst moviemaking scandal of his generation -- because there's no other job where you get to tell so many people what to do unquestioned
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A bit off topic, but wasn’t Spielberg one of the guys who was talking about how Marion at 14 was old enough to know what she was doing as Indians Jones’ romantic interest?
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Yes, well At least he told George Lucas she had to be older than 10
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This happens in other fields as well. (Cf the effect of the Hillsborough disaster on safety in soccer stadiums.)
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