The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man is a 2020 science fiction horror film written and directed by Leigh Whannell. Loosely based on H. G. Wells's 1897 novel, it is a reboot of the 1933 film of the same name. It stars Elisabeth Moss as a woman who believes she is being stalked and gaslit by her ex-boyfriend (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) after he acquires the ability to become invisible. Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer, and Michael Dorman appear in supporting roles.
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| Written by | Leigh Whannell
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| Screenplay by | Leigh Whannell
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| Based on | Characters and concepts created by H. G. Wells for The Invisible Man
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| Cinematography | Stefan Duscio
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| Edited by | Andy Canny
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| Running time | 124 minutes
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $7 million
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| Box office | $134.9 million
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- Leigh Whannell chooses this commentary to admit to Elizabeth Moss that the plantation was filled with funnel web spiders: "But you didn't get bitten, so I'm assuming now it's not a litigious thing. You're fine. Maybe one hitched a ride in your suitcase, and you've now introduced funnel web spiders to North America. That's gonna be bad, Lizzie".
- The scene where Cecilia goes for the job interview features two callbacks of sorts to Leigh Whannell's previous film, Upgrade (2018). Benedict Hardie plays the architect Marc after playing Fisk in the earlier film. And second, Whannell's wanted to lock the camera to Moss when she faints which is a similar technique used in Upgrade. The problem, though, was that they didn't have the same camera rig, so they had to do it analog style with cinematographer Stefan Duscio simply moving in sync with her to the floor.
- Leigh Whannell chose not to have an opening establishing Cecilia's predicament with Adrian "because I wanted to just drop the audience into Cecilia's situation without any back story and make them feel everything through her, and luckily I had Elisabeth Moss who is very good at communicating a lot to the audience without saying anything."
- The design of the invisibility suits created by Adrian has it covered in hundreds of cameras, each of which resembles an eye. When someone's wearing them and the invisibility isn't turned on, they look like Argus Panoptes a many-eyed giant in Greek mythology. The figure is known for having generated the saying "the eyes of Argus", as in to be "followed by the eyes of Argus", or "trailed by" them, or "watched by" them.
- The shock collar device that Cecilia takes off of Zeus and puts in her bag is presumably the way that Adrian tracked her, because the letter about his passing was in the mail box before her sister even arrived to tell her of his passing.
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