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Studman_Productions — 16 years ago(July 01, 2009 01:16 PM)

Since when has hollywood been able to remove wires and other undesirable objects from the frame?
nowadays they can remove anything they don't like in the shot. but when were they able to do this? not in the 70s, right? Superman the movie had to use other effects to make him fly because wires would be visible. so was it in the 80s? 90s? what was the first film to use technology to alter the screen and take something out after the fact?

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Terminator 2 had an elaborate wire removal. They erased a massive rig supporting the stunt man who rode the motorcycle down into the reservoir.

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I think they sometimes used to hide wires by having a background which was painted in such a way that the wires would kinda blend in.
So in The Exorcist, when Regan is levitating off the bed, the wallpaper design behind her consisted of lots of vertical stripes. It's much harder then for the human eye to detect the wires.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379610https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379610Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since when has hollywood been able to remove wires from the frame? on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:39 GMT]]>Speed_Daemon — 11 years ago(March 17, 2015 11:32 AM)

About the time that aramid rope replaced metal wire?

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379609https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379609Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since when has hollywood been able to remove wires from the frame? on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:38 GMT]]>lgreatoreau — 11 years ago(March 15, 2015 11:00 PM)

Wires were removed from the picture in TOP SECRET 1984)via optical printing.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379608https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379608Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since when has hollywood been able to remove wires from the frame? on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:36 GMT]]>caparzo21 — 16 years ago(September 05, 2009 02:20 PM)

They had been removing wires and other elements for decades prior, painting them out on a frame by frame basis, with varying success. Sure, Superman did it and it was written about widely, but just the year before ILM were painting out the whole underside of the land-speeder driving rig in Star Wars.
This thread reminded me of watching the commentary for The Mummy Returns; they're watching the scene where a hawk lands on a messenger's arm, and talking about painting out the wires used to keep the hawk on track, meanwhile on screen the wires keep popping in and out of existence! Weak job, but the movie
was
a seriously rushed effort.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379607https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379607Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since when has hollywood been able to remove wires from the frame? on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:35 GMT]]>The_Dying_Flutchman — 15 years ago(July 15, 2010 02:57 PM)

Why care anymore? The world is coming to an end.
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379606https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379606Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since when has hollywood been able to remove wires from the frame? on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:33 GMT]]>Studman_Productions — 15 years ago(July 15, 2010 01:27 PM)

i could never find that film

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379605https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379605Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since when has hollywood been able to remove wires from the frame? on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:32 GMT]]>Studman_Productions — 16 years ago(October 07, 2009 01:39 PM)

interesting history

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379604https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379604Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since when has hollywood been able to remove wires from the frame? on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:31 GMT]]>The_Dying_Flutchman — 16 years ago(September 28, 2009 09:29 AM)

Everyone has forgotten the underground masterwork of the 1970's "Buttpus 90" in which Johnny Crampus's penis was lifted with an Emerson rewire harness. The modern day lewder refuses to know or question. They just stand in the middle of the road wildly gesticulating.
What is the sound an imploding pimp makes?

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379603https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379603Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since when has hollywood been able to remove wires from the frame? on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:29 GMT]]>Studman_Productions — 16 years ago(July 23, 2009 10:43 AM)

ah yes i forgot about Back to the Future II with the hoverboards.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379602https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379602Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since when has hollywood been able to remove wires from the frame? on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:28 GMT]]>Studman_Productions — 16 years ago(July 20, 2009 10:36 AM)

how about it?

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379601https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379601Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since when has hollywood been able to remove wires from the frame? on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:26 GMT]]>ChrisTreborn — 16 years ago(July 20, 2009 08:32 AM)

how about CliffHanger ?
'm Religious

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379600https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379600Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since when has hollywood been able to remove wires from the frame? on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:25 GMT]]>Studman_Productions — 16 years ago(July 02, 2009 09:06 AM)

i knew it!!

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379599https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1379599Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Since when has hollywood been able to remove wires from the frame? on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:23 GMT]]>JohnboyDaKingofDaSouf — 16 years ago(July 01, 2009 04:57 PM)

It all started with La Bamba in 1987.

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