cocaine and film?
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cocaine and film?
I know, it's a strange question, but If you want to make a film with a cocaine user in it, you will need some fake coke . What substance is used as fake coke in films and can get through the nose with no harm done?
(I'm not going to buy some real one)
I hope at least one person can give a serious answer here.
Paul
(I'm not going to buy some real one)
I hope at least one person can give a serious answer here.
Paul
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Re: cocaine and film?
I tried snorting coke once, but the bubbles kept going up my nose.....paul wrote: I hope at least one person can give a serious answer here.
Paul
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I was thinking the same when I read the question. It'll be done over several cuts so my actor is not going to snort "anything" down for real.Dusty wrote:it's often often they'll use a small vacuum pump to suck up something more realistic while the actor just moves his head over it.
Guess they used a huge vacum pump for the shots of Al Pacino as Tony Montana with the huge pile of white stuff in front of him in "Scarface" :roll:
Bill
Re: cocaine and film?
The last play I directed required both actors to snort fake coke the whole time. The audience was really close up and the style required not totally faking it, so somebody recommended a good fake coke susbstitute that didn't burn or damage anything. Seems like it was a vitamin powder of some sort, I'll find out the exact name.paul wrote:I know, it's a strange question, but If you want to make a film with a cocaine user in it, you will need some fake coke . What substance is used as fake coke in films and can get through the nose with no harm done?
(I'm not going to buy some real one)
I hope at least one person can give a serious answer here.
Paul
They did use powdered milk in Blow as somebody mentions below... but if you have to do much of it I think it can produce terrible diarrhea.
Anyway, fake it if you can, but if somebody has to really snort something there are safe substitutes. (The play ran 4 nights a week for 2 months, no nose-related injuries.)
FWIW I do have lots of footage of closeup coke snorting from that experience. (The classic cheesy shot from under the glass table, etc.) Maybe you can just use some of my shots! ;)
Nigel,Nigel wrote:Vitamin B.
I do snort Altoid's Mints from time to time. So they would work too. They make for some very minty breathing...
Good Luck
I do hope you're kidding about the altoids. Seems like the particulate matter from a crushed up altoid would be very sharp and caustic, nothing like coke and rough on the nasal passages.
At least I hope you're crushing them up before snorting! 8O
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It will become too costly then, I also do not know if the actors will appreciate... I would rather buy some extra film for the money...SuperDuper8 wrote:Why not use real coke?
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I read a story recently where a streetdealer sold crushed mints for coke; I will try it my self soem day.nigel wrote:I do snort Altoid's Mints from time to time. So they would work too. They make for some very minty breathing...
Milkpowder doesn't attract me much either. i think I will go for the vitamin stuff. Can you get it in any drugstore? I suppose I will have to do some pills crushing then. I will only need 4 lines or so. I think anybody could handle that.ccortez wrote:The last play I directed required both actors to snort fake coke the whole time. The audience was really close up and the style required not totally faking it, so somebody recommended a good fake coke susbstitute that didn't burn or damage anything. Seems like it was a vitamin powder of some sort, I'll find out the exact name.
They did use powdered milk in Blow as somebody mentions below... but if you have to do much of it I think it can produce terrible diarrhea. icon_mad.gif
Thanks for the input guys!
Paul