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As integral as the cast to the film are the endlessly fascinating projected images
culled from Nazi-era German films. Hershey, producer Jay Roach and producer/projection
sequences editor William Dance pulled these images from the vast collection of films
housed at the National Archives. They sought images that in some way heightened,
illuminated or commented upon Hitler's mental processes. (For more information on
the projection sequences and the projectors, please go to the
projection sequences section of the website.)
The film was shot on a Burbank soundstage over 66 days. The film's space and time
are ambiguous. Barry Hershey explains: "The sense is that Hitler is trapped - perhaps
in an inner prison. The space is more like a 'mind space' - which metamorphoses
throughout the film. Moreover, being a 'mind space' it is open to whatever fantastical
images we wanted to bring in."
Award-winning cinematographer Frederick Elmes, who has worked extensively with such
filmmakers as Jim Jarmusch, John Cassavetes and David Lynch and who was cinematographer
on the Cannes Palme D'Or winner "Wild At Heart," worked closely with Hershey to achieve
the film's stunning compendium of unexpected images.
(For more information on Fred Elmes and the rest of the crew of "The Empty Mirror,"
please go to the filmmakers section of the website.)
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