Quoting kdh1949:

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The DoP had no reason to walk into the scene and interrupt filming -- which he did more than once according to the reports.

What I read made it sound like the DoP was off camera and Bale could see him moving around behind another actor.  Certainly distracting, but not 'into the scene'.  The director said (in the transcript I read) that he didn't see the DoP interrupting the scene.

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That's unprofessional behavior.  Bale may have gone a bit overboard in his response, but the DoP was clearly the one in the wrong and behaving unprofessionally.

I can't say whether the DoP was unprofessional or not, but the actor certainly was out of line.

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Regardless of what the DoP did or didn't do, there's no excuse to treat someone else that way.  If I behaved that way at my job, I'd be very lucky if I didn't find myself out of work.  I bet if the DoP behaved that way towards an actor it wouldn't just slide either.  It's too bad some people get such inflated egos.  Makes me glad I never became a famous person.  It's scary what a little power will do to you.

After reading all the posts all I can say is, "I said it once I'll say it again we do not have all the facts."

I wonder if they'll put that on the Blooper Reel? 

Christian Bale appeared on a LA radio station today and has apologized..

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bale%20Out&defid=3682199

Radar Online says...

    Bale became a hero to cast and crew after his tirade against (director of photography) Hurlbut, who was widely despised, sources tell RadarOnline.com exclusively. "Hurlbut was a condescending (bleep) to everyone," a source told us. His favorite line was "Why don't you go stab yourself in the head, you idiot."

And yesterday director Ron Howard called Howard Stern and Bale came up because Howard’s daughter Bryce plays Bales wife in "Terminator: Salvation", the movie Bale was filming when the tape was made. 

    RON HOWARD: She told me about when it happened because of course it was really startling, she said wow this was a weird night.  They were doing this tense dramatic scene, it was like the most important dramatic scene between them, they play husband and wife, and the DP disrupted it by walking around behind (the camera), which really is a no-no, you know, you’re an actor playing an intense difficult scene, that’s not supposed to happen.  And he (Bale) went off.  And I listened to the tape, and at the time, you know, he regretted it immediately.  Bryce told me this is not his nature, this is not who he is.  What shocked her so much, that he had gone off that much, but it’s really, it’s intense on a set ...  He flipped out, I’m sure he wishes he wouldn’t have gone on that kind of a rant, but, in all honesty, that kind of stuff happens, he’s an artist, he cares about it…
    HOWARD STERN: Should the director have stepped in?
    RON HOWARD: Well I think the director was trying to step in, and the question is, you know, you hear him trying, and look, they got their shooting done that night, the next day the were back to work, that DP didn’t lose his job, you know, and they made a great movie apparently.  I haven’t seen it but Bryce has seen it and thinks it's fantastic. 

Soft skinned nellie's need to stay home.