 Joel Coen said the sex machine built by Clooney's character was inspired by a machine he once saw a key grip build, and by another machine he saw in the Museum of Sex in New York City.A key theme explored by Burn After Reading is perspective, or absence of, explored both through dialogue and visual elements.Linda Litzke's introduction employs both techniques, as the camera is given her own perspective, highlighting her physical insecurities through close-up, along with the doctor's response to her question regarding a scar she worries may be perceived as “unsightly”