"Once I'd had the idea that it was two hours of real time, it seemed like a natural thing to lock the audience together with the central characters in a way that they gradually began to realize, consciously or unconsciously, they couldn't get out of, it operates more like a ticking-clock thriller, in a way, and so to experience every second passing with the men seemed like a great idea."
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Sam Mendes, 'It Was Part Of Me': Director Sam Mendes On The Family History In '1917' (December 21, 2019)
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