By shooting through a simple two-way mirror with a video monitor mounted under the camera lens, Morris can film his subject and make eye contact with him/her from the exact same angle. But that's only half of it. The real genius of the Interrotron is that it's a two-way street: the same mechanism gives the interviewee continuous eye contact with Morris, as well. No hiding behind a monitor while lobbing awkward questions for this director; Morris, who's known to interview people for literally dozens of hours, doesn't fake the intimacy you see on camera. It's the real outcome of an intensely human process — and the Interrotron's subtle design genius humanizes the filmmaking process enough to break down the subject's emotional barriers.
Errol Morris's Secret Weapon for Unsettling Interviews: The Interrotron
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