 The filming of the special effects sequences at ILMs studio was  interrupted at one point by a visit by representatives from the  local camera operators union who were insisting that ILM hire union  camera operators. Someone programmed the Dykstraflex camera to  perform a complex series of moves that ended with the camera being  pointed at the faces of the union reps. At this point the union reps  were told, "Send us someone who can operate *that*." The union reps  left and were not heard from again.