French hours

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French hours is a term used in the film industry, when no lunch hour is designated on-set. Instead food is passed around all day long and the crew works continuously. The lack of a lunch break means that a crew member will have to steal moments to eat but it also provides for a continuous and generally more efficient production pace. Joel Schumacher employed French Hours in filming Phone Booth, a film completed in just ten days [1].