FILM 1501: EXPERIMENTER
TRIVIA: Peter Sarsgaard also
appeared in "Kinsey"(2004) which was a film about another
controversial researcher in the field of human behavior/psychology.
PRODUCTION: Although Almereyda was
aware of Milgram's work, it wasn't until his girlfriend began taking a class on
him that Almereyda
became interested. Subsequently, the director found himself reading Milgram's Obedience to
Authority: An Experimental View. According to Almereyda once he
started reading "[he] instantly saw how filmable it was" becoming
increasingly interested in making it into a film the more he went on. In
filming, Almereyda wanted it to be "playful" in nature as he felt
that's how Stanley Milgram himself would have made it. Almereyda decided to
have Milgram break the fourth wall
based on viewing films of his in which Milgram would talk to the camera,
reminding him of Rod Serling
or Alfred
Hitchcock. From this Almereyda figured having the character talk to
the camera "seemed natural and in fact essential to include that in the
movie.” (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimenter_(film)
)
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