Don't Believe What You See at the Movies

MattSparkes writes "Many images you see in a magazine are Photoshopped, and it's getting less and less likely that what you see at the cinema is any more genuine. In the film 'Blood Diamond', tears were added to Jennifer Connolly's face after a scene was shot. According to The Times, digital effects artists can even change actors' expressions. 'Opening or closing eyes; making a limp more convincing; removing breathing signs; eradicating blinking eyelids from a lingering gaze; or splicing together different takes of an unsuccessful love scene to produce one in which both parties look like they are enjoying themselves.' The article mentions the moral qualms digital effects people have over performing these manipulations, and the steps actors are taking to protect their digital assets."

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Re:not sure I get the controversy

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Hehe, nah. She actually is great. Not that I could tell her if she wasn't, she IS an actress. Telling an actress she is no good is like kicking a puppy, they don't tend to take it very well.

She was just in Agnes of God , playing Agnes, a young innocent nun who gets pregnant (we don't know if it's rape or not), hides it, then strangles the baby, leaves it in a garbage can, and gets arrested. Really, really heavy stuff. I saw it three times and she left me and most of the audience in tears every time.