Höfði

The nearly inhospitable, isolated place also serves as a reminder of the characteristics of what a nuclear war could look like.

While the Icelandic landscape flashes in and out, nearly the entire film is set in the white, unassuming Hofty House.

The site of the summit, Hofty House, literally shelters two opposing sides, the Americans and the Soviets.

For 30 hours, the home is divided on every level.

The Central Intelligence Agency and the Committee for State Security split the basement, taping down a white line to divide their workspaces.

Gorbachev, on the other hand, articulates a much clearer motivation for the meeting.

Implementing massive domestic reforms and facing a precarious economic situation, the Soviet leader speaks in hushed tones to his wife, Risa Gorbachev, played by Branka Kadic, about his desire for reduction and prosperity for the Soviet people.

Irrespective of motivation, Gorbachev and Reagan sit across the table at Hofty House with a tremendous opportunity and responsibility.

And we all know what it means to shoot on, you know, on the build and move the walls and have a room and create, you know, just, um, great cinematography with the long lenses.

But I found those constraints that are in the Hofdi House inspiring to me because I really thought that if I would have given the location that is build, I would not make such a realistic cinematography because-

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there is the biggest highway in Iceland going next to the Hofdi House.

So when you think that Michael wanna be so accurate and shoot in October exactly when the summit happens, I had six hours of light, so that means that I could shoot only Reagan's side, uh, in the six hours, and then everyone else, like against to the clock, I had to shoot when it's already dark.