Category Archives: Interviews

“Personally, I Like a Director Who Trusts Me to Do the Best Job I’m Trained to Do”: In Conversation with Costume Designer Wendy Chuck

In our interview, costume designer Wendy Chuck tells about making films with Alexander Payne for 20 years, the art of collaboration, why the movies of the 1970s were not where she turned to for inspiration for the 70s-set The Holdovers, how a costume designer can win an actor’s heart and Angus Tilly’s jacket that is already being copied everywhere. Read More →

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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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“Les vacances d’Irina Is All My Vulnerabilities, All My Beliefs and All My Dreams”: In Conversation with Irina Moroșanu

A brand like a poem. A life’s choice. Les vacances d’Irina is unequivocally Irina Moroșanu. That’s why when I speak of Les vacances d’Irina, it’s a story bigger than clothes that seamlessly resurfaces, it’s clothes that breathe, speak and inspire stories. Read More →

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An Artist Who Sails: In Conversation with Stella Marina

An artist who sails. In our interview, Stella Marina and I talk about braving a decade of life at sea and pure freedom, artistic inspirations and sailing on board Eda Frandsen. Read More →

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