Constructed around a few locations (including Stevens» own home for Anne's gilded prison) and a cast of four central characters and shot in an economical ten days, it is both a handsome production (shot by veteran, Oscar - nominated DP Ted McCord sometime between Treasure of the Sierra Madre and The Sound of Music, and
camera operator Conrad Hall) and a visually evocative world taut with palpable tension and he orchestrates the quartet nicely.
The extraordinary beauty and energy of Scott's film (he not only directed but also served as
camera operator) is never gratuitous, but rather keeps stylistic faith with the enigmatic Joseph
Conrad novella on which it is based.