The script of the film was created by director Davey, Finch's father Jack Finch. It was originally planned to be produced by Polykram in the 1990s. Before the sexual harassment scandal, Kevin Spacey was considered to play the leading actor Herman. Mankiewicz and Jodie Foster are considered to play Marion Davis. However, because of Davey, Finch insisted on shooting the film with a black and white lens as a tribute to the photographerThe expressionist photography technique in "Citizen Kane", the producer Polykram then backed down, so that the film could not be completed at that time
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It was not until Davey and Finch cooperated with Netflix that they began to reconsider making the film, and the film was officially launched in November 2019. The film was shot with a digital camera, but in order to make the film look like it was shot on film, the creative team used digital technology to process the image and also designed a sound effect that included the crackling sound that appeared in the film during World War II. The film looks more black and white film texture
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