SHOOT TO THRILL.

• Author: ROTHENBERG, ROBERT S.
• Position: Review

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The director may get all the credit for thrilling dogfights and stunning swooping vistas on screen, but it is the aerial stunt coordinator and his crew of flying cameramen and stunt pilots who have to deliver the shot. To show what goes into creating these technical effects, this video follows aerial coordinator Marc Wolff as he utilizes biplanes, hot-air balloons, jets, and, most often, helicopters to achieve them.

Wolff, who worked on such epics as "Star Wars" and "Superman"--though these are not shown--is seen coordinating a number of recent James Bond films, the Sylvester Stallone movie "Cliffhanger," and even commercials. As dangerous as some of the stunts seem, it is attributable to the fact that they are dangerous, requiring...