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Spine Summer: The Making of THE SPINE OF NIGHT — Part Five

Seven years of blood, flu, broken bodies, and unbroken vision.

Lacey Gilleran
Aug 22, 2025
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By now, you know the truth: The Spine of Night wasn’t just made — it was endured.

In Part V of our behind-the-scenes series, we enter the longest stretch of the journey. The years of relentless rotoscoping. The endless background paintings. The re-edits. The late-night conversations about cutting scenes, or cutting nothing at all.

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