A few more matte painted scenes from Torn Curtain (1966, dir. Alfred Hitchcock) Artist: Albert Whitlock 

Torn Curtain (1966, dir, Alfred Hitchcock)

1. Albert Whitlock’s matte painting of the inside of an East Berlin museum. Torn Curtain was shot during the Cold War, which made it prohibitive to film in the actual location.

2. The soundstage set at Universal Studios

3. In the final composite shot, Paul Newman strides across a “virtual” set.  

“In this shot Newman had nothing real to react to, and being a Method actor, he needed an environment. So he asks, ‘Hitch, what’s my motivation for walking in on a straight line?’ And Hitchcock says, ‘If you don’t, you will disappear under the matte painting.’”

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