Yes indeed, now I know. Even after decades of movie watching I'm still learning new stuff, which is a good thing. For example, today I learned what a Russian Arm is, I've always wondered how they filmed those chase scenes.Alan Smithee was the code name used by producers when a director disowned his movie for whatever reason.
It looks expensive, at any rate, not sure an Ed Wood-like production would have access to it. That's okay though, Ed Wood would probably just throw in some old stock footage that didn't fit his movie at all and call it a day.
https://extremestunt.com/services/russian-arm/
PS - I checked, to rent a Russian Arm would cost anywhere from $4,500 to $10,000 a day, and that doesn't include the wages of the crew who operates it. So yeah, a low budget production would probably have to go without and would have to get creative in other ways.
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