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qormi — 11 years ago(May 27, 2014 12:05 AM)

That scene in the bar / brothel. When the little Chinese guy ultimately beats Simon Oakland's character. It was such a phony, cavernous, brightly lit sound stage. What were they thinking? Imagine how much more effective a dimly lit,claustrophobic setting would have been.

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The bar is lit exactly as it is lit throughout the film. If it seems too bright, consider this: if YOU were Mama Chunk, and you had a bar full of native AND foreign riff-raff, several pimps, AND a bunch of rowdy, drunk sailors, would YOU want a dimly-lit environment in which a scenario such as this were played out? I think not.

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That may be true but they were more than likely thinking about the bottom line. In 1966 Studios were not giving up a lot of money for pictures. This one was already behind schedule so a sound stage was the best they could more than likely do. I could be wrong but knowing how the "heads" thoughtbottom line was probably the main culprit.

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