Source Code director pilfers camera movement idea from Grand Theft Auto

Going out this weekend to see the movie Source Code? If so, keep an eye out for the Grand Theft Auto-inspired camera shot…

There’s this infamous video game, Grand Theft Auto, where, if you’re driving a car at high speed and jump out of the car and go rolling down the street, the camera stays with you. It doesn’t cut. I wanted to do that but actually do it with my actor. So he leaps off the train, hits the ground and tumbles into a bloody heap at the end of it — with no cuts. It’s a combination of live-action stunt work and special effects. I hadn’t seen that before, and I wanted to be the first. - filmmaker Duncan Jones

Reason enough to go see the movie? I don’t think so, but I do love me some Jake Gyllenhaal.

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