![]() This was no simple business: the generator that powered them required its own tugboat. He had to battle to convince Spielberg to use cameras that were hand-held rather than fixed on tripods – “I told Steve … ‘You’ve never shot on water before, have you? You have no idea how seasick the audience would become if you did that’ ” – and insisted that arc lights would be needed to offset the glare of the sunlight. But having had some experience filming on water while working on Deliverance (1972), Butler realised that the young director had little knowledge of what was required. ![]() ![]() He admired Spielberg for wanting to make his shark-hunt yarn look as authentic as possible, and insisting that the studio allow him to “shoot on the open ocean, not on the backlot”. ![]()
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