The Man Who Wasn't There - videos, teasers and stills from filming

All videos, teasers and footage from the filming of the film "The Man Who Wasn't There"

The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)

Timing: 1:56 (116 min)

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Photo 45

Actors and characters

English

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The film was shot in color, but was 'converted' to black and white using special technologies. Due to a laboratory error, at least one copy of the film was released with the first reel remaining in color.
In the music studio episode, the pianist, played by Adam Alexi-Malle, performs the beginning of Franz Liszt's (1811-1886) Piano Concerto No. 1. Prior to this, the Coen brothers were unaware that Alexi-Malle was an accomplished pianist.
The film's title is taken from the poem "Antigone" (1899) by American educator and poet William Hughes Mearns (1875-1965).
Joel and Ethan Coen conceived the plot of this film while shooting "The Hudsucker Proxy" (1994). While filming a scene in a barbershop, the Coens spotted one of the props – a 1940s haircut advertisement poster – and began to devise a story about a barber.
Billy Bob Thornton trusted the Coens so much that he agreed to appear in the film without even reading the script.
The film was shot in color, but was "translated" into black and white using special technologies. Due to a laboratory error, at least one copy of the film was released with the first reel remaining in color.
The film's title comes from the poem "Antigonish" (1899) by American educator and poet William Hughes Mearns (1875-1965).

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