(His work was so good that it won praise from the renowned German optics manufacturer Zeiss.) But Lee's perfectionist demands, combined with spasms of the optic nerve, a hereditary disorder which had occasionally troubled him since age 15, greatly increased the stress and difficulties of filming, and put tremendous pressure on his photographic assistants and family members who helped him in the filming.
這個特殊的鏡頭，讓知名光學儀器廠德國蔡司嘆為觀止，但這種要求絕對完美的工作態度，加上他 15 歲起就不時發作的遺傳性視神經痙攣收縮疾病，都讓協助拍攝的助理與家人備感壓力、吃盡苦頭。