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Brian Tufano on Trainspotting

Watch this video where cinematographer Brian Tufano explains how Trainspotting's famous toilet scene was made.

Brain Tufano explains one of the most memorable scenes in cinema from Trainspotting (1996).

He mentions the art technique trompe l’oeil in which, according to wikipedia: “realistic imagery is used to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions”.

Did anything surprise you about Brian Tufano’s explanation?

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