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    Cubit
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    In the movie "The Machinist" Christian Bale loses 63 pounds. He goes from
    normal weight down to amazing ultra thin. You can see his bones everywhere.

    I was wondering how he did it. I read several articles. I appears he
    starved himself.

    Here is the best quote:

    "Bale's diet secret? Books.

    "When I felt hunger pangs, instead of going for food, I read. It sounds
    silly, but the brain has a great ability to go into denial - and I convinced
    myself that that's what I was craving.'' "

    After doing the movie he regained the weight, rapidly.

    Cubit
    311/200/165

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  2. The Queen of Cans and Jars
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    Cubit said:

    In the movie "The Machinist" Christian Bale loses 63 pounds. He goes from
    normal weight down to amazing ultra thin. You can see his bones everywhere.

    he doesn't lose weight in the movie. he lost it before shooting
    started, and his weight remains consistent throughout the film.

    the character is alarmingly thin, though. scary.

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  3. Cubit
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    Did you forget the scene where he is driving his car at normal body weight?
    Also, in the movie, he shows his daily logging of his weightloss on post-it
    notes. It seemed he went from thin to thinner during that phase of the
    movie. The logical way to shoot it, would be to do the scenes where he is
    thinnest first, and then have him gain weight to do the earlier scenes. I'm
    guessing the one scene where he is normal weight was done before any of the
    actual weightloss, rather than after.

    "The Queen of Cans and Jars" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

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    Cubit said:

    In the movie "The Machinist" Christian Bale loses 63 pounds. He goes


    from

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    normal weight down to amazing ultra thin. You can see his bones


    everywhere.

    Quoted message said:


    he doesn't lose weight in the movie. he lost it before shooting
    started, and his weight remains consistent throughout the film.

    the character is alarmingly thin, though. scary.

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  4. Roger Zoul
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    Cubit wrote:
    || Did you forget the scene where he is driving his car at normal body
    || weight? Also, in the movie, he shows his daily logging of his
    || weightloss on post-it notes. It seemed he went from thin to thinner
    || during that phase of the movie. The logical way to shoot it, would
    || be to do the scenes where he is thinnest first, and then have him
    || gain weight to do the earlier scenes. I'm guessing the one scene
    || where he is normal weight was done before any of the actual
    || weightloss, rather than after.

    It would be more risky that way.

    ||
    || "The Queen of Cans and Jars" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    || news:[email hidden]...
    ||| Cubit <[email hidden]> wrote:
    |||
    |||| In the movie "The Machinist" Christian Bale loses 63 pounds. He
    |||| goes from normal weight down to amazing ultra thin. You can see
    |||| his bones everywhere.
    |||
    ||| he doesn't lose weight in the movie. he lost it before shooting
    ||| started, and his weight remains consistent throughout the film.
    |||
    ||| the character is alarmingly thin, though. scary.

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  5. The Queen of Cans and Jars
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    Cubit said:

    Did you forget the scene where he is driving his car at normal body weight?

    no, i didn't forget it. you said he lost weight in the movie, and i say
    the progression of his weight loss is not shown in the movie. he's
    pretty much a rail throughout the whole thing, and the shots of him at
    normal body weight that come near the end are brief and purely
    expository.

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    Also, in the movie, he shows his daily logging of his weightloss on post-it
    notes. It seemed he went from thin to thinner during that phase of the
    movie.

    he recorded different numbers, yes, but i thought he looked pretty much
    the same.

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    The logical way to shoot it, would be to do the scenes where he is
    thinnest first, and then have him gain weight to do the earlier scenes.

    i think the opposite makes more sense.

    Quoted message said:

    I'm guessing the one scene where he is normal weight was done before any
    of the actual weightloss, rather than after.

    yes, i would guess the same.

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  6. Roger Zoul
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    Roger Zoul wrote:
    || Cubit wrote:
    |||| Did you forget the scene where he is driving his car at normal body
    |||| weight? Also, in the movie, he shows his daily logging of his
    |||| weightloss on post-it notes. It seemed he went from thin to
    |||| thinner during that phase of the movie. The logical way to shoot
    |||| it, would be to do the scenes where he is thinnest first, and then
    |||| have him gain weight to do the earlier scenes. I'm guessing the
    |||| one scene where he is normal weight was done before any of the
    |||| actual weightloss, rather than after.
    ||
    || It would be more risky that way.

    Crossed eyes.

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  7. GaryG
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    "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Cubit wrote:
    || Did you forget the scene where he is driving his car at normal body
    || weight? Also, in the movie, he shows his daily logging of his
    || weightloss on post-it notes. It seemed he went from thin to thinner
    || during that phase of the movie. The logical way to shoot it, would
    || be to do the scenes where he is thinnest first, and then have him
    || gain weight to do the earlier scenes. I'm guessing the one scene
    || where he is normal weight was done before any of the actual
    || weightloss, rather than after.

    It would be more risky that way.

    Risky in what sense?

    FWIW, this is how they filmed Adrien Brody in The Pianist. Due to their
    shooting schedule, they filmed the movie in reverse order. So, Brody was
    very thin during the early part of the filming (6' 2", 130 lbs), and gained
    weight during the course of the shoot.

    GG

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    ||
    || "The Queen of Cans and Jars" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    || news:[email hidden]...
    ||| Cubit <[email hidden]> wrote:
    |||
    |||| In the movie "The Machinist" Christian Bale loses 63 pounds. He
    |||| goes from normal weight down to amazing ultra thin. You can see
    |||| his bones everywhere.
    |||
    ||| he doesn't lose weight in the movie. he lost it before shooting
    ||| started, and his weight remains consistent throughout the film.
    |||
    ||| the character is alarmingly thin, though. scary.

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  8. Roger Zoul
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    GaryG wrote:
    || "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    || news:[email hidden]...
    ||| Cubit wrote:
    ||||| Did you forget the scene where he is driving his car at normal
    ||||| body weight? Also, in the movie, he shows his daily logging of his
    ||||| weightloss on post-it notes. It seemed he went from thin to
    ||||| thinner during that phase of the movie. The logical way to shoot
    ||||| it, would be to do the scenes where he is thinnest first, and
    ||||| then have him gain weight to do the earlier scenes. I'm guessing
    ||||| the one scene where he is normal weight was done before any of
    ||||| the actual weightloss, rather than after.
    |||
    ||| It would be more risky that way.
    ||
    || Risky in what sense?
    ||

    I read it backwards for some damn reason.

    || FWIW, this is how they filmed Adrien Brody in The Pianist. Due to
    || their shooting schedule, they filmed the movie in reverse order.
    || So, Brody was very thin during the early part of the filming (6' 2",
    || 130 lbs), and gained weight during the course of the shoot.
    ||
    || GG
    |||
    |||||
    ||||| "The Queen of Cans and Jars" <[email hidden]> wrote in
    ||||| message news:[email hidden]...
    |||||| Cubit <[email hidden]> wrote:
    ||||||
    ||||||| In the movie "The Machinist" Christian Bale loses 63 pounds. He
    ||||||| goes from normal weight down to amazing ultra thin. You can see
    ||||||| his bones everywhere.
    ||||||
    |||||| he doesn't lose weight in the movie. he lost it before shooting
    |||||| started, and his weight remains consistent throughout the film.
    ||||||
    |||||| the character is alarmingly thin, though. scary.

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