Director Paul Verhoeven and director of photography Jan de Bont had just seen Il braccio violento della legge (1971), and agreed that its realistic look with natural light, hand-held photography and staccato editing would be perfect for this movie. However, when filming started, Verhoeven got cold feet and wanted to revert to fixed cameras and artificial lighting, just as he had shot his previous movie, Diary of a Hooker (1971). De Bont bluntly refused to comply and shot the first scenes the way he intended. This caused a major falling-out between them, and Verhoeven nearly had de Bont fired after three days of shooting. However, after seeing the first rushes, Verhoeven admitted that he was wrong, and that de Bont had made the right decision.

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