 Whereas the blinding scene was done in pantomime on stage, Lumet opted to graphically display it to convey the horror.Much of the footage shot depicted the horses' heads morphing into faces of Jesus, Dora Strang and Frank Strang, and a glimpse of a Balinese dagger.However, Lumet decided this was unsubtle and cut much of this, only keeping the dagger to portray ancient impulses.