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W H I T E N O I S E | P E R S P E C T I V E 7 7 brightest and the cleanest parts of the film. The supermarket being so clean and graphic with no can, box or bag out of place allowed the rest of the movie to unravel a little bit more and feel more unkempt. I kept thinking about all the products in the supermarket and the journeys they took after being bought. I tried to have some product/branding in all the sets that came from the supermarket. It's interesting to see the effect of consumerism and how it filters and amortizes through the sets and story, and of course, this is a key message of the film—the effects of consumerism on human culture. If the supermarket was the highlight and the brightest set in the movie, the motel exterior was the darkest place of the movie—the wrong side of the tracks. For Iron City, the very seedy and moody part of town, location manager Ronnie Kupferwasser found an old gravel yard underneath five connecting bridges. It was an amazing fit for the motel facade. Iron City was also the setting of a German hospital, which was a converted abandoned church that served as a great location to build into. It took a lot of abatement cleaning but was well worth it. Another big set piece was Murray's lecture hall, where the Hitler/Elvis debate took place. I didn't have too many chances to show the campus classrooms of College on the Hill. I took this opportunity to show what a 1980s liberal arts college might look like. I had remembered a multi- purpose theater lab from my college days at SUNY G. MOTEL EXTERIOR IN PROGRESS. SET PHOTO. H. MOTEL SIGN. CONSTRUCTION ELEVATION BY ADAM MULL. I. MOTEL SIGN. SET PHOTO. G H I