Wow, great shot of the microphone.I definitely read in STDWD that they recorded some direct sound in DYS and OUATIA; don't remember about OUATITW.
The fact that they didn't use direct sound has little to do with the fact that they recorded it or not. Apart from inserts and shots where sound really isn't relevent, you almost always record sound on a set. In french we call it "son témoin" (literal translation because i don't know the right one: witness sound). It's used in post to have a reference so the editor doesn't become crazy trying to read lips when editing dialogues.Great pictures
You can't film close up's of of Academy Award winning actors without recording sound. If you want to keep their respect.
Frayling says that Eastwood said that before making FOD - a very cheap production, his first Italian production - someone warned him to hold onto his script, that they'll probably lose the script by the time the dubbing session rolls around and have to make up the dialogue. And that's what happened: Eastwood held onto his script, and that's why he had the English dialogue to dub, the same dialogue he spoke in the movie rather than a new made-up dialogue.
The fact that they didn't use direct sound has little to do with the fact that they recorded it or not.
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Watch Horace & Pete and you may change your mind.