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The all-time classic masterpiece screened to full audience at Bucarest B-Est, the film was part of an hommage to Jan Harlan (Stanley's producer) which included The Shining, ClockWord Orange... The beautifully restored digital screening restored the memories I had kept from the original print in 1972.

Such a rare treat to have the privilege of hearing more on this superb work by Jan Harlan. the film took 3 years of his life (1 for pre production and one year of editing, "We were few and slow, we took our time..."

The buzz in 1972 was huge around the natural llty lit scenes shot with candle lights, they were a true technological achievement in those days, most of non professional lenses (and film stock) could do the job these days. But Jan had to come up with a special lens (Carl Zeiss off course) used by Nasa that allowed them to shoot in these extreme conditions of lightning. (without any depth of field of course), The continuity girl almost had a nervous breakdown because of the candles which burnt away...had to be checked, replaced...

Of course it did not allow any dephth of field