{"id":99420,"date":"2020-10-28T14:16:28","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T11:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-they-filmed-the-crow-scenes-for-dario-argentos-opera\/"},"modified":"2020-10-28T14:16:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T11:16:28","slug":"how-they-filmed-the-crow-scenes-for-dario-argentos-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-filmed-the-crow-scenes-for-dario-argentos-opera\/","title":{"rendered":"#How They Filmed the Crow Scenes for Dario Argento&#8217;s &#8216;Opera&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c8088b487e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c8088b487e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-filmed-the-crow-scenes-for-dario-argentos-opera\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-filmed-the-crow-scenes-for-dario-argentos-opera\/#More_Videos_Like_This\" >More Videos Like This<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#How They Filmed the Crow Scenes for Dario Argento&#8217;s &#8216;Opera&#8217;<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.7--><\/p>\n<p id=\"block-04637504-093d-4be3-a121-b1015ed34453\"><em>Welcome to <strong>The Queue<\/strong> \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching behind the scenes footage of the crow-invasion scene from Dario Argento\u2019s Opera.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>Is it \u201cokay\u201d for directors to fire guns on set? Probably not. But damn it, there\u2019s just something so inadvertently satirical about big personality auteurs brandishing weaponry while directing.<\/p>\n<p>The most infamous instance of directorial gunplay took place on the set of <em>The Exorcist<\/em>, where William Friedkin fired a gun to elicit the desired startled reaction from his unsuspecting actors. But, as evidenced in the clip below, we have another contender: Italian horror master <strong>Dario Argento<\/strong>, who doubled down on his directorial bravado by bringing birds into the mix. Alfred Hitchcock would be so proud. <\/p>\n<p>The clip contains behind the scenes footage of Argento directing the impressive bird attack scene in 1987\u2019s <em><strong>Opera<\/strong><\/em>. In the sequence, a flock of ravens is set loose into the titular opera house. In the context of the film, the birds have been released in an attempt to identify <em>Opera<\/em>\u2018s deranged black-gloved murderer, who assaulted them earlier in the film. Ravens aren\u2019t just smart, you see: they hold grudges.<\/p>\n<p>Between shots of Argento screaming while firing a gun, the clip showcases a compelling mix of techniques that demonstrate how Argento and his crew pulled off some of the sequence\u2019s most audacious moments. In typical \u201980s fashion, they range from impressive displays of movie magic trickery (like mechanical puppetry and an enormous rotating crane) to \u201cfuck it, let\u2019s just release live crows into an opera house.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>As to the purpose of Argento\u2019s gunplay, some mysteries persist. Is he trying to rile up his avian actors? Are the blasts just a very impassioned way to make a countdown more interesting? Who knows. Either way: it\u2019s absolute chaos. So I have to stan. <\/p>\n<p id=\"block-b5ac606c-b74a-4cab-a663-701ec85c7024\">Watch \u201c<strong>Filming the bird shots for Dario Argento\u2019s Opera<\/strong>\u201c:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fWYY2Gnn-sw\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fWYY2Gnn-sw<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"block-da44f2c0-01e5-442d-b111-649cfba1b5a9\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This video comes to us courtesy of the Dutch-based film historians over at\u00a0<strong>Eyes on Cinema<\/strong>. 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