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Something Minor Things I Noticed That Others Might Have Missed

posted 15 years ago by goaskagnes
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Hello all. I've been a fan of this film since the mid-80's,
but on my most recent HDTV view on TCM ( just a few nights ago )
I noticed two things I've never noticed before, & thought I'd
share. If this has already been mentioned & is old news,
well - oops, sorry! Anyway...

01: In Jeannine Riley's bar scene when she's dancing up to
Robert Blake, there's a stoic dude in the right frame sitting
behind the pinball machine. Weird!

02: In the final shot, right before the freeze-frame,
a bird ( vulture? ) can be seen flying in from the right
frame. At the exact moment it reaches the spot where
Robert Blake is, the freeze-frame occurs. Perhaps this
moment of awesome serendipity ( I'm assuming ) is why
Guercio chose to allow the shot to go on so long in
the final cut.

Don't you just love HDTV?

- K

[–] todtomorow 15 years ago

o1: the stoic dude is just passed out from drinking, which is why they don't pay him no mind!

[–] lllcolej 14 years ago

O2--I saw the bird at the end, too. Wonder how they did that...

[–] nlualum82 11 years ago

The stoic dude by the pinball machine was another guy from the city of Chicago named Bob Zemko.
Apparently they liked him a lot. They put him in the movie and his name was also used for the character played by Chicago lead vocalist Peter Cetera.
Click on his bio He was a local hero with a tragic story.

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 3 years ago

02: I know this is an extreme BLAST FROM THE PAST, but I just re-watched the ending, and BY GEORGE you are RIGHT!
GREAT CATCH! And I think you're right, it was serendipity, and that's why Guercio let the shot go on that long.

😯