|
Post by janntosh on May 5, 2021 2:12:02 GMT
Looks like Alex Kintner’s death was supposed to be on screen. Also that image is really creepy even knowing that’s the crappy mechanical shark
|
|
|
Post by JudgeJuryDredd on May 5, 2021 2:43:15 GMT
They tried to film this without Spielberg apparently and it just didn't work out very well in the end. I think a colorized version of the same shot is also online.
|
|
|
Post by Admin on May 5, 2021 4:11:40 GMT
That scene is perfect the way it is. The whole thing about Jaws was that we don't get many clear views of the shark because it was mechanical and actually looked really silly. The result was that not seeing the shark was more frightening. It's also why no one will (or should) remake it with CGI. I think just seeing those fins and knowing what was happening under the surface is much more effective than that rejected image. It was a little more shark than the opening scene, but not too much to spoil the suspense.
|
|
|
Post by ck100 on May 5, 2021 4:14:08 GMT
I think there was a deleted scene that had the boat guy who loses a leg have a more bloody/gory death as he tries to save the kid from the shark.
|
|
|
Post by Prime etc. on May 5, 2021 17:07:08 GMT
One thing that is proven is that they had planned to show the shark a lot more than they did. It was smart not to because then it builds up to the big reveal (you are going to need a bigger boat)--but clearly they had intended to show it more. Even the Ben Gardner boat being attacked by the shark was filmed.
It was not a case that Spielberg realized the shark wasn't working and decided not to show it--it was decided in the editing room--and that's why Spielberg never worked with Verna Fields again because she got the credit for "saving Jaws." The scary shot with Ben Gardner's head was filmed in Fields' swimming pool.
|
|
|
Post by Isapop on May 5, 2021 20:10:37 GMT
Spielberg never worked with Verna Fields again because she got the credit for "saving Jaws." What makes you say so? That seems uncharacteristically churlish of Spielberg, so I'm a bit skeptical. (Any source?) Shortly after Jaws' release, Fields became an executive at Universal, giving up film editing.
|
|
|
Post by Prime etc. on May 5, 2021 20:41:21 GMT
What makes you say so? That seems uncharacteristically churlish of Spielberg, so I'm a bit skeptical. (Any source?) Shortly after Jaws' release, Fields became an executive at Universal, giving up film editing. I forgot where I read it--the only thing I have seen to support it (vaguely) is that there is
footage of him watching the nominations broadcast and being surprised he wasn't mentioned for director. Whether it bothered him that Fields was given credit--if she moved out of editing then there would be no situation where he would refuse her help right? Sounds like she was rewarded though.
I was sitting in a barbershop around 1976 and seeing a American Cinematographer magazine and there was an article on Jaws-and they showed this guy in a diver suit--first time I remember seeing Spielberg.
|
|