Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky has a favorite shot in his latest film, “ Caught Stealing .”

It’s the chase scene that takes place at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, N.Y., site of the World’s Fair and home to the giant globe known as the Unisphere. In one remarkable moment, a drone shot flies directly through the iconic sphere to capture the action.

It’s never been done before. “I don’t know if we were fully permitted to do that,” Aronofsky tells Variety .

The director behind “Black Swan” and “Mother!” says, “Using a drone has changed filmmaking in the sense that it’s so easy to get an aerial shot.” He continues, “When we did ‘Noah,’ and I really needed a lot of aerial shots from the doves flying to the ark to the huge battle around the ark, we only had wire cams and helicopter

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