Lights! Camera! Action! Freeze!

In the opening sequence of Swordfish, the camera follows a girl asshe enters an intersection, and explodes. The moment of the explosionis frozen in time as the camera navigates through the hauntingstillness of over 500 elements of debris, shattered glass, people,police cars and buildings. The exterior shot was created using 134 35mmstill cameras that were timed to go off with the action during theshoot, 45 cameras were used for the interior.

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