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| Jon Sorensen working on his section of the refinery. Note the small model of the derelict ship in the centre of the background |
In the final film, the towers would be moved around the platform, so they would not always appear to be in the same place because Ridley would say to Bill Pearson "Get us that tower, put it in to this corner, I'm over here shooting,"
Members of crew were reeling over the changes that Ridley was making.
Martin Bower would later compare the whole thing to be like playing drafts
Bill Pearson and Jon Sorensen had stayed on the model shooting stage chewing the fat together.
Ridley was standing off to one side looking at the refinery.
Suddenly he looked over and said, "What are you two talking about? What?"
Jon replied,"We were just thinking that THAT tower would look better there and THAT one over there".
(Remember, a lot of people were reeling at that time at his changes).
He beamed and grinned as though someone was actually on his side at last.
Bill said, "You want us to change them around now?"
"Sure. Please" said Ridley.
That evening Bill and Jon were in the Bray bar.
To their surprise, Ridley blew in. "Would you guys like a drink".
They had the drink.
Ridley had half a bitter so Jon recalled.
He drank it with them and left.
Whatever the conversation was, Jon wouldn't recall in years to come but remembered Ridley looking at them both very closely.
After he left the bar, Ray Beckett came up to Bill and Jon.
He was quite bemused and said, "I've worked with Ridley on commercials for 10 years and never had a drink bought for me. How did you guys do it?"
- Jon Sorensen: Bill
Pearson and I had stayed on the model shooting stage chewing the fat
together. Ridley was standing off to one side looking at the refinery.
Suddenly he looked over and said, "What are you two talking about? What?"
I replied,"We were just thinking that THAT tower would look better there and THAT one over there".
(Remember, a lot of people were reeling at that time at his changes).
He beamed and grinned as though someone was actually on his side at last.
Bill said, "You want us to change them around now?" "Sure. Please" said Ridley.
That evening Bill and I were in the Bray bar. To our surprise, Ridley blew in. "Would you guys like a drink". We had the drink. Ridley had half a bitter I recall. He drank it with us and left. I'm damned of I can recall a word of the conversation we had. I do recall Ridley looking at us both very closely.
(He did that. I remember coming into Bray one day with a new haircut. Ridley stood staring at me. "Anything wrong?", I said. "No", came the reply.
Next day Ridley came in with a haircut. (He soaked EVERYTHING up. Everything. A true visualist).
Anyway, after he left the bar, Ray Beckett came up to Bill and I. He was quite bemused and said, "I've worked with Ridley on commercials for 10 years and never had a drink bought for me. How did you guys do it?"
So, a couple of Scottish kiss-asses? No. he'd lived in Scotland, had Ridley. I think he liked Scots.
Who knows? Whatever, that's a true possible insight into the man.
Anyway your painting is terrific so stop beating yourself up about it! Just stunning.
Remember, Lindsay Anderson and Karel Reitz and Tony Richardson said, "Perfection is not an aim".
But we say, "Why not?" (www.alienexperience.com) - Martin Bower: but of course the other thing he did was he moved the towers around. It was like a game of drafts, you know, there's a game, oh (https://www.facebook.com Martin April 8th 2020)
- Martin Bower: Everything got altered I did actually allude to playing drafts, and you could actually with the real model, you could move all the bits around, they were made on little platforms, you could move this one around and put it there. For certain shots he would move a foot... would move the towers around, erm it was not kind of continuity, but once again on the cutting room floor (https://www.facebook.com Martin April 8th 2020)
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