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Judy Becker’s Top Ten Films (That Most Influenced Her Work as a Production Designer)
I came to production design as someone who has always loved movies. I also loved art, design, architecture and photography, so discovering that I could have a career that combined all my loves was one of the greatest moments of my life. I have a realism-based approach to filmmaking — most of the worlds I create are fictional, but within the context of the film my goal is to make them feel real, grounded, worn, authentic. If a director wants a stylized or surreal approach I would need to find a way to dirty it up and add imperfections to […]
by Judy Becker on Nov 21, 2022 -
Growing Up Roeg: Glenn Kenny Remembers Getting Into the Films of the Late Nicolas Roeg
In the hours after I heard of Nicolas Roeg’s death in late November, I wrote on my blog about how confounding and exhilarating it was to be a teenage cinephile in the 1970s, when Roeg was doing what I consider to be his most outstanding work. The notes I posted attracted the attention of a producer for BBC’s World Service, who invited me to do an audio interview. In that interview, I admitted that even as I thrilled to such films as Performance, Walkabout, Don’t Look Now and The Man Who Fell To Earth, I did not, at that time […]
by Glenn Kenny on Dec 20, 2018
