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Filming in Europe began smoothly at first on Deerfield, with Pollack and his leading players seeming to mesh well. 'Al's questions are of a very, very detailed and minuscule nature,' the director observed. 'Like "How long has it been since Deerfield raced last?" or "How long does it take him to come down after a race?" He's very hard on a director. In a nightclub scene he wanted to know, "Is this the first or second time we've been here?” He wants to know what day of the week it is for a scene. He wants to know the entire background to the relationship with the girlfriend he's with before he meets Marthe. "Did I pick her up? Did she pick me up?" He does not ask broadstroke questions about what a man wants out of life. Once he starts on the track of a character, it's like a dog picking up a scent.'”