shooting "a [nighttime] bus chase down 10 or 12 blocks in the middle of Chicago. We wrapped the bus in rope lights - in the center and a little bit on top - so we could always see it, and we put a generator in the belly. [It was dark], but at least you had some light on the vehicle." On Strange Days (AC Nov. '95) - another movie with its share of challenging night exteriors - the cinematographer and crew were surprised to learn they needed to film a pickup truck on a half-mile run. "Oh really?" quips Leonetti. "Night for night, without telling us beforehand? That's cool." He decided to put his lights in the shot, and the crew strung open globes every 30'-35' and supplemented them with fluorescent tubes, then placed 4,000-watt portable generators every 200' - a setup that took a mere three hours. "Then we mounted little battery lights on the front of the pickup truck and didn't even use a camera car," he Clockwise from top: Leonetti at work with directors Peter Farrelly (wearing black sweater) and Bobby Farrelly (in white shirt) on Fever Pitch, Lee Tamahori on Along Came a Spider, and Steve Pink on Accepted. www.theasc.com February 2015 67http://www.theasc.com