Orson Prepares For His Porno Career

Note the sign in the background, beneath the Shanghai Low marquee.

Actually, on a slightly less stupid note, there are a few of these type shots in THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI, documentary-style images obviously snatched quickly on the streets of Chinatown. Quite unusual, and at variance with the shooting style elsewhere, but nice. A little sneak preview of THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND’s approach.

Another stray weirdness: both films feature minor characters called Fassbinder.