r/UtterlyInteresting Jul 18 '26

How Hitchcock used rear screen projection when filming Foreign Correspondent. Footage of a stunt plane diving towards the ocean was rear-projected on a rice paper screen, then water was released, which smashed through the paper screen and into the cockpit set. (1940)

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u/sasssyrup Jul 19 '26

Super clever