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The Big Picture

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The Difficulty of Focusing in Cinema

The film was shot over two days in a town hall with some 25 microphones. It's the most difficult thing you're going to do in cinema, says director and co-producer Michael Hirst. The actors were frustrated about that silence so he allowed them to express themselves. He also managed to somehow direct the level of the temperature of their reactions in a very physical way.

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