With that in mind, he hired German production designer Uli Hanisch and filmed largely in Germany and Poland.
It’s an interesting way to look at it."
Take a peek at what a mid-century-inspired Panem looks like.
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It represented their place in society."
As for that stained-glass window visage?
It’s a rather telling portrait of Coriolanus’s late father.
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“And maybe intimidation is more important than anything else to make the students know their place.”
“That’s why it has this kind of strange, round shape,” Hanisch says.
We made this aspect much stronger."
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Hanisch and his team found just the right District 12 stand-in in a town in Germany.
A former steel factory, the building is now part of what’s called Landscape Park.
“It’s a huge estate,” Hanisch says.
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It’s a public space, and that’s why it is in this preserved condition.
It was really great to shoot there.
I think it’s a perfect surrounding for this new version of District 12."
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