# @moviefilmhouse on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2023-06-07T18:50:37.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** MFH - MovieFilmHouse (@moviefilmhouse) — https://gondola.cc/moviefilmhouse

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On the set of #Dunkirk 🎬

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#ChristopherNolan focused on the realism of every aspect. For many of the cockpit shots, he had a two-seat plane rigged so that the front canopy and cockpit looked like a real Spitfire, but with non-functioning flying controls, and with the actual pilot flying the plane from the rear cockpit so that the actor could play the pilot as the plane actually flew. He also mounted front and rear-facing cameras on a reconditioned Spitfire. In addition, he had cameramen floating in the water with the actors.

The scene in which Farrier's (Tom Hardy's) Spitfire lands on Dunkirk beach was real, done on-location with an actual Spitfire in flight, and was the first time a plane landed on that beach since 1940.
The production only had a forty-five-minute window to achieve the shot, as the incoming tide would have made the sand too unstable to land a plane.

A large number of cardboard cut-outs of soldiers were placed along with one thousand extras in order to create the illusion of a huge number of men during the evacuation.

What are your thoughts on this film?

Via cinema.magic

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cinematographer, movie, director, directorofphotography, onset, moviemakers, moviefacts, behindthescenes, cinematography, christophernolan, filmmakers, moviefilmhouse, dunkirk

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