A Motion-Controlled Practical

For a 1999 dramatization of selections from Pablo Neruda’s poetry in Caracas, Venezuela, the creative team requested a curious practical: a flashlight that, while in the hands of an actor, had to “appear to be running out of batteries.” The flashlight should work properly at first, then stop working in mid-scene, then turn on and off repeatedly while the actor ...

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