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re: Francis Ford Coppola's bizarre, surprising 1968 FINIAN'S RAINBOW
Last Edit: singleticket 12:47 pm EDT 03/20/21
Posted by: singleticket 12:42 pm EDT 03/20/21
In reply to: re: Francis Ford Coppola's bizarre, surprising 1968 FINIAN'S RAINBOW - Michael_Portantiere 11:18 am EDT 03/20/21

I just recently re-watched that moment, and if you look closely, there is an edit at the exact moment of the change from night to day.

On the TCM original frame print that I saw that change felt seamless and I couldn't see an edit. It looked like a day-for-night exposure timing change within a single shot which can be done in the lab. However, on the Daily Motion pan-and-scan print that's available online it does look an edit.

But whatever the technique was you can see that Coppola was using his own film language to engage with the story in a cohesive way.
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re: Francis Ford Coppola's bizarre, surprising 1968 FINIAN'S RAINBOW
Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 03:13 pm EDT 03/20/21
In reply to: re: Francis Ford Coppola's bizarre, surprising 1968 FINIAN'S RAINBOW - singleticket 12:42 pm EDT 03/20/21

"On the TCM original frame print that I saw that change felt seamless and I couldn't see an edit. It looked like a day-for-night exposure timing change within a single shot which can be done in the lab."

I think it probably was day-for-night. I have a hi-def file of the film, and the edit is pretty clear, because the positions of Keenan Wynn (playing the bigoted senator) and the other actors suddenly change quite a bit at that moment.
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