There he gets the chance to gauge popular opinion about the War. For me, it’s really when Britain changed, with war breaking out on the Continent.”Ĭonnecting with People in the Undergroundįor Churchill, who was disconnected from the general public, there’s a humanizing moment when he’s forced to ride the London underground for the first time. Room was almost more important than what they are saying about how disconnected they are in some ways,” Delbonnel said. They grow closer still during a second meeting over lunch at Buckingham Palace. However, although the cinematographer would’ve preferred to place the two men farther apart in the room, Wright wanted them closer together. “It was interesting to play the tension near where the light was instead of having them sitting and discussing,” said Delbonnel.