When we did the scene in the script where the Stranger arrives in Japan via boat, we were hindered by the lack of wind. If you ever see the film you will be able to see that the sails are going in the opposite direction of the boat. This was Read more…
We had to shoot two versions of the usual Japanese hot tub scene. The chaste covered in a white sheet version as seen elsewhere on my blog for the US and censored markets and the topless version for Europe. (An aside—on one of our infrequent days off, I did decide Read more…
When Tony was shooting The Silent Stranger, he made sure that the scenes were little vignettes. Each told it’s own story. As he was routing thru the wooden village houses, he crawled underneath and as the walls were paper thin he heard this low sexy moan. His head popped up Read more…
The Silent Stranger (Stranger in Japan). My uncle had worked out a deal with MGM for the next Stranger sequel to be shot in Japan. MGM had blocked funds there and this was a way to use them. He sent me there to represent him and oversee the budget. Just Read more…
I have just found a treasure trove of pictures that I had forgotten in an unamed folder that were for THE SILENT STRANGER. For the film, we had quite an assortment of characters. Here The Stranger gets Down with a little person that has a big gun!!
We had a top Japanese co producer- who was an American- he was married to a Japanese woman and spoke many dialects of the Japanese language. He would tell me stories of how he and his wife would be walking down the street and the Japanese people would make horrible Read more…
A little behind the scenes shot of the preparation for a sword in the hand.. This was before CGI and was easier than a fake sword..for some reason
When we started shooting in Japan, the weather was fine, and then it changed! Kyoto is where I went through my first earthquake, enumerable typhoons, a triple rainbow and a cultural education. When the rains started, we had one shot that we had to get in sunshine (we had resolved Read more…
Our Italian stuntmen were a blast. I always hated having to negotiate for a difficult stunt. A high fall, a horsefall, etc. How do you say, the budget allows for $200 for you to possibly break your neck? Another cultural thing with stuntmen–there was no casual shake of the hands Read more…