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Do Janitors on movie sets get upset for when a scene causes the actors to make a mess and they have to come and clean it up?

5d 7h ago by lemmy.world/u/Patnou in nostupidquestions

I just watched a movie where the girl throws a can in front of the janitor, and he swaps out her invites to a party with directions to a remote location where they kidnap the girls and force them to fight in cage matches.

And at this point I realize I’ve read the title of this post incorrectly.

Now I want to know what movie this is

It was a very bad movie, I do not recommend it

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196197/

Wow, 3.7 on IMDB. Hahaha

There is a sub 3-3.5 sweet spot on IMDB with B movie gold.

Stuff like “Independent’s Day” that is so unironically bad that it’s gold

Note: this is entirely different than ironically bad movies like Sharknado or the one where Stone Henge causes lightning storms, or Metal Tornado.

Do you have any public playlists?

I do not.

I don’t have an IMDB account. And I don’t watch movies with any type of system.

Don't trust imdb fully. Anaconda (1997) only has barely a 5, was 4.x last I checked, and it's amazing for what it is.

Never Been Kissed

Drop Dead Fred

That would be a job for the scene setters, not the custodians.

I think people largely are not upset by having paid work generated for them, crushed by the monotony but not upset.

I'm gonna steal this for work. "No, I'm not upset. Crushed by the monotony, yes, but not upset"

Intention matters a lot. If it's incidental to the scene and not people intentionally emptying garbage cans on the floor for no reason I'm sure it's fine?

You could ask the same question regarding real life crime scene cleanup. Like, would they get upset if they gotta scoop brains and guts off the road?

Depends how much they're getting paid...

I happen to know you are talking major buck for one to go into a home and do it. I think it's morbid charging for that but I guess everyone has to make a buck.

The British series "The Cleaner" and the Australian series "Mr. and Mrs. Murder" illustrate a bit of why it's expensive and discuss a little about why their characters do that job. They're comedy/mystery shows, so not completely realistic of course.

And the UK version stars Mr. Taskmaster himself: the guy from Taskmaster.

Nothing to do with them. That’s the responsibility of the art department.

I guess it's what they sign up for

Contracts with stages are very clear on expectations of how the stage should look when shoots are done.

If a production company leaves a mess, severe overages are applied and usually stage owners' or janitors' friends are hired at top dollar to clean up mess