The scene in which the Terminator strips the flesh off his
arm to reveal a metal endoskeleton, required precise action
and crafty camerawork.
This picture shows James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger
going through the motions of the scene. Arnold has to cut under
the elbow, around the arm, and then from elbow to wrist.
Here you see Arnold who relaxes between takes at the desert location.
The desert location, near Lancaster, was where the movie shoot began.
It was the first days of a long six month production shoot.
In an interview James Cameron told that it was as if six years
hadn't passed.
"Arnold stepped right into the charcter, and Linda was totally
in shape," says the proud director.
"But for Eddie it was the shakedown period, to see how he was
going to do and to see if the crew and all of those lights were
going to inhibit him. They didn't affect him at all. He was fine.
So we got off to go a good start."
This scene was taken in the Mental Hospital where Sarah Connor is
incarcerated.
As a fan of the original Terminator, Patrick first met with
casting director Mali Finn to do a video screentest that was
reviewed by James Cameron. But because of the secrecy of the project,
Patrick was given vague instructions during the test.
After Jim saw the tape he called Patrick and they met after that call.
Jim showed Robert the storyboards and told him a little bit more about
the character. "Inside I was thinking, I've got to get this," tells
Robert. After some meetings and auditions Patrick finally became
the T-1000.
Director James Cameron and his crew carefully choreograph the chase scene.
It includes a huge Kenworth tow-truck commandeered by the T-1000,
a small Honda 125 dirt bike driven by John, and a tough Harley Davidson Fatboy ridden by The
Terminator. In this scene where timing and precision are everything,
scores of extras complicate the process even further.
To create a perfect habitat for Sarah's munitions caretaker a crew
of set decorating specialists created Enrique Salceda's compound.
They used junk vehicles, house trailers, and even a stripped Huey
helicopter to make sure everything looked perfect in the California
desert.
These two scenes were taken in the steel mill.
James Cameron told they first studied several films that featured
the making of steel to make it look as real as possible.
"The part of the process that seemed the most graphic to me
was the moment that the steel pours from one vessel into another,
so we wanted to simulate that, although they don't do that in reality
anymore," says Jim,"but as always in moviemaking the point isn't what
something really looks like, but what the audience expects it to look
like. If it looks the way they imagine it, it is real to them."
This is one of the many scenes involved in the destruction of
Cyberdyne, which required the methodical creation and filming of mass
confusion. Here you see a shot of wrenched vehicles and a creation
of panicky cops running in the middle of an inferno.
In this scene the T-1000 stabs Sarah with its
finger-spike. Here Cameron positions the spike for the close-up.
When the cameras roll, Patrick will act the part of the cruel killer
and Hamilton will react with extreme pain.
James Cameron directs young acter Eddie Furlong in this scene. Eddie's
character must run the gamut of human emotions and with Cameron's
guidance that's
NO PROBLEMO!!
