<P> The film was produced by Artisan Entertainment on a budget of $12 million . Principal photography took place in Chicago and lasted 39 days , in the period from October 5 to November 21 , 1998 . Director Brian De Palma paid the set a visit and offered Koepp some ideas , one of which is shooting a long take of Kevin Bacon during the first half of a long dialogue scene . Koepp shot the hypnosis scene , where Bacon 's character envisions himself in a theater and paint everything apart from the projection screen black , as how it was written in Matheson 's book . Koepp felt that many hypnosis scenes in films are `` most skipped by '' , so he came up with the idea of allowing viewers see through Bacon 's point - of - view as he undergoes hypnosis to make the concept fresh . The theater from this sequence is located at Joliet , Illinois . Bacon 's tooth extraction scene , which was inspired by a nightmare Koepp had about dying of age , was achieved with practical effect . Koepp told Entertainment Weekly : </P>
<P> The film was produced by Artisan Entertainment on a budget of $12 million . Principal photography took place in Chicago and lasted 39 days , in the period from October 5 to November 21 , 1998 . Director Brian De Palma paid the set a visit and offered Koepp some ideas , one of which is shooting a long take of Kevin Bacon during the first half of a long dialogue scene . Koepp shot the hypnosis scene , where Bacon 's character envisions himself in a theater and paint everything apart from the projection screen black , as how it was written in Matheson 's book . Koepp felt that many hypnosis scenes in films are `` most skipped by '' , so he came up with the idea of allowing viewers see through Bacon 's point - of - view as he undergoes hypnosis to make the concept fresh . The theater from this sequence is located at Joliet , Illinois . Bacon 's tooth extraction scene , which was inspired by a nightmare Koepp had about dying of age , was achieved with practical effect . Koepp told Entertainment Weekly : </P>
where was the movie stir of echoes filmed
where was the movie stir of echoes filmed
Chicago Joliet , Illinois
Chicago Joliet , Illinois