When President Lincoln is expressing his frustrations over the pending vote of the 13th Amendment, he slams his hand on the table. The gesture would surely raise a visible reaction by those present. Secretary of War Stanton is appropriately startled. However, sitting behind the president is his personal secretary, John Nicolay, whose expression and clenched arms never change throughout the lengthy shot. This indicates that Daniel Day-Lewis performed the scene in front of a green screen. The inanimate Nicolay was part of the CGI scenery inserted by the technical editor. As the angle of the camera reverses in the subsequent scene, Seward remains the only "live" character in the shot with Lincoln. Congressman James Ashley, Preston, and Montgomery Blair are motionless, inanimate parts of the background.
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05/03/2025 alle ore 07:47