French hours
n.— «We would get there at 6 a.m. and roll by 6:45. We did “French hours.” You don’t break for lunch, you just keep passing food all day. Colin’s confession at the end, that’s the ninth day of shooting—it’s the first take and the only take. He was exhausted and you can see it.» —“How many directors can you fit in a Phone Booth?” by Johanna Schneller Globe and Mail (Toronto, Can.) Apr. 4, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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