He says a team of camera operators works in pairs to follow the cast around into different rooms - but at a distance.

“The Israelis never see a Palestinian, except the Israeli soldiers. The Palestinians never see an Israeli, except at a distance, except the Israeli soldiers. So, within Palestinian territory, they are absolutely and totally separated, much worse than they were in South Africa.”

“I needed to make invented characters. Any artist needs to have distance between what you’re creating and your emotions. They’re there, they’re driving it underneath, but you’re keeping them at a distance.”

Mr George saw the tornado at a distance while on a highway, he said, and locals had reported additional sightings of the same weather event.

This safety measure called “daylighting” makes it easier for people crossing the street and the person behind the wheel to see each other at a distance when a parked car could otherwise block them from each other’s view.