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The film premiered at the Fox Theater in Detroit, USA, where the Dramatics group sang in the film.
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The film is used by many Detroit police officers as a textbook for newcomers, so that they will not use excessive violence when facing suspects.
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Before and after the filming started, the crew had not found the veteran prototype played by Anthony Mackie, so Anthony did not communicate with the prototype before his performance.
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The starting gun mentioned in the "Algiers Motel Incident" has not been found afterwards.
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Larry Reed, the actor played by Algee Smith, did leave the Dramatics group afterwards and has been working as the choir foreman in the community church.
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Director Kathryn Bigelow often uses 3-4 cameras to continuously move around the actor to shoot, and then select the most energetic and original dynamic shots, usually 2-3 shots to get a satisfactory picture.
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The film was built in Brockton, Massachusetts to look like Detroit Street in 1967. Coincidentally, this place happened to be a hidden gathering place for slaves who fled to the north after the Civil War. In addition, some scenes were shot in Hamtrank near Detroit.
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This is the third collaboration between director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Bauer. The previous two were "The Hurt Locker" and "The Hunt for Bin Laden", both of which were nominated for Oscars for Best Picture.
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The scene of the Algiers motel incident was filmed entirely in chronological order.
Detroit behind the scenes gags
2021-12-29 08:01
Extended Reading
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Maud 2022-03-24 09:02:40
The hotel scene in the middle was a marathon torture, and I couldn't sleep well all night. Bigelow's footage was calm and objective enough, but this kind of evil reappeared in front of the camera and I still couldn't calm down. so uncomfortable
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Ambrose 2022-03-22 09:02:15
White people always think there're two kinds of them: the good and the bad ones. To people of color there's only one: THE WHITE PEOPLE.
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Dismukes: [to Lee] I need you to survive the night.
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Carl: When you're black, it's almost like having a gun pointing right at your face.