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it to the sides of the

camera. This
did the trick. The same technique
was used to film Gerald washing

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Lucy in the sea after she has
poisoned by eating some

been
raw

beans.

As for the more sur¬
realistic underwater scenes in the

film, there

optical special
Everything seen re¬
ally is down there and Castaway
gave me the opportunity of ex¬
ploring some avenues of the un¬
are no

effects used.

derwater world which have been
little used in underwater

features.
an underwater
does not necessarily

Being
cameraman
mean

filming underwater all of

the time. We also used the cam¬
era in a
sequence where Gerald

and Lucy are making love in
their hut during a storm, which
is then destroyed by a tidal wave.
This was done by dropping 9V2
tons of water from drop tanks

specially rigged hut, while
being blasted with wind ma¬
chines and the "prop-wash"
from a tethered aeroplane. It is
one of the most
visually exciting
onto

a

of the film and well worth
the several night shoots it took to

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scenes

achieve.
Back in London, the film
was finished ahead of time and
shown at the London Film Fes¬
tival. When it was over, there on

What you putonali
is your
business

stage, having seen it for the first
time,

was

Bogen offers a com¬

Lucy Irvine herself.

plete range of pro¬
fessional light stands,
booms and accesso¬
ries which combine out¬

Asked

by the audience what she
thought of it, she replied emo¬
tionally, that she had come quite
prepared to see something ex¬
ploitative and awful. What she

standing quality and
versatility.
For more informa¬

tion, see your dealer
or write: Bogen Photo
Corp., 17-20 Willow St.
P.O. Box 12, Fair Lawn,

had found instead was a won¬
derful representation of the most
year of her life.
Some critics who have
the film have called

important
seen

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3-Section

wind-up

Super Stand

Amanda Donohoe's

Lucy

as

portrayal of
"outstanding," while

Oliver Reed, is said to have
"the

given
performance of his career."
Castaway has been my

I

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first feature film and I will al¬

be indebted to Nic Roeg
the fantastic op¬
portunity of working on such an

ways

who gave me

exciting project.

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