Category Archives: Film
The Holdovers: In Conversation with Production Designer Ryan Warren Smith
In our interview, The Holdovers production designer, Ryan Warren Smith, takes us behind the scene to see how the movie was made and walks us through the instinctive choreography of collaboration. We also talk about the transportive recreation of the 70s and settling the characters, and us the viewers, in that world, about the movie theater that he grew up with, and The Holdovers scene that we both absolutely love. Read More
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Plakiat on Designing the “Napoleon” Film Poster
Film poster designer Maks Bereski goes into every detail of the making of his poster for Ridley Scott’s Napoleon. “I think the main inspiration was the Polish School of Posters, creating a symbol and an iconic uniform that is a monument, a top layer, a certain creation for the audience, but underneath it all is a human being, full of doubts and emotions.” Read More
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January Newsletter: The Boy and the Heron, the Camera as a Curious Child and The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
January Newsletter: The Boy and the Heron, the camera as a curious child and The Adventure of the Copper Beeches Read More
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December Newsletter: The Eight Mountains, Confessions of a Bookseller and Graffiti on the Train
December newsletter: Le otto montagne (The Eight Mountains), Confessions of a Bookseller and Graffiti on the Train Read More
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Jean Cocteau’s Fantastic Worlds
Come December, I am drawn to the fantastic worlds of Jean Cocteau, who found the supernatural quite natural, who found light in darkness and darkness in light. For winter is a time for introspection and reflection. Cocteau tells stories that can carry you away and bring you back to your own self. Read More
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