Mexican costume designer Anna Terrazas says the uniqueness of Albuquerque, New Mexico, helped her understand the “essence” of Ali Astor’s future Eddington.
I’ll talk screen After a masterclass at the Kumura Institute of Doha Film Institute, Terrazas said: “I sent Ali a lot of research. A lot of things worked. But the essence wasn’t really there. So, it’s unique to get to Albuquerque (where the film was filmed), go out into town and town and see what’s going on.”
“If people explain it to you, it’s not the same,” Terrazas said. “You go, you understand and feel the air, the environment, the sounds, the smell. It was hard to get it. Because we discussed a lot, too, for Joaquin (Phoenix, lead actor).”
Terrazas said she was originally watching the film shoot in Mexico, where she lives, so she came on the film. “Every aspect of that film had a challenge, but working with Ali and Ellen (Chenowes, casting director) was great. Darius and I already knew each other. Baldo (Darius Khondji, director of photography and fellow Kumura Master). It was a beautiful collaboration. ”
Earlier this week, Khondji said screen The film will premiere at Cannes next month, and the lineup will be announced tomorrow (Thursday, April 10th). The fourth feature of Astor is the story of a small town New Mexico Sheriff with a higher aspiration. Produced by Aster and Lars Knudsen on Square Peg and A24, alongside the cast alongside Phoenix alongside Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal, Austin Butler and Michelle Ward.
Super strong
Terrazas has collaborated with many well-known Mexican talents, including Alfonso Cuaron. Rome; Alejandro Gonzalez Inorn, On BaldoAnd longtime friend Gael Garcia Bernal directed and starred in her first film as a 2007 costumer designer. deficit.
The Mexican industry is now “very strong,” says Terrazas, and the new generation supports the foundation built by the “three amigos” of Cuaron, Inaritu and Guillermo del Toro.
“We have a great director,” Terrazas quoted Michel Franco, Alonso LouisePalacios, Amato Escalante and Alejandra Marquez as members of the next wave. “Every year, I am amazed at how new films are coming.”
I worked on it BaldoTerrazas said Inaritu asked her to design the costume for an untitled adventure film starring Tom Cruise. But she couldn’t because the film ultimately needed more British crews.
Terrazas is attached to a new project that has been “pushed and kept pushed” due to political factors.
“In Mexico, things are a little slower in the US because of the change and crazy world we live in during the Trump era,” said Terrazas, the new project. “We still have decided whether it will start or not and wait to move on from there – maybe next week.”
The costume designer has also worked on international projects that came to Mexico. Specter. Terrazas said it took six months to film the eight-minute scene. And, the day of the Dead Parade that it portrayed was the invention of a film, and it is an annual event in the city ten years from now.
“I think that’s great,” said Terrazas, a new creative direction under Bond franchise Amazon. “That’s something the whole world knows and I can’t wait to see what’s next.”
Touching things
In her masterclass, Terrazas said she was “still” asked to use computer-generated effects in her costume work. I’ll talk screen She then said she was open to using all the tools in her job. But I hope that the production of the film will continue to be a physical and collaborative effort. “I’m someone who likes to do things with my own hands. I like to draw and touch,” Terrazas said. “Today, people buy everything online. They don’t leave the house. In the US, if you say, ‘I need jeans,’ your assistant clicks and gets all the jeans.
“I- no, come out there, touch the fabric and come back. I can’t stand the idea of not touching anything.”
During the two-hour masterclass, Terrazas touched on the importance of sustainable action in films. “I don’t think it’s through production. That’s how we want to recycle things together,” Terrazas said. Pedro Paramo Made by hand and kept for reuse for other productions. “and Baldowe handed all the clothes to the immigrants. Mexico has many homes for immigrants coming from Guatemala, so we donated everything. ”
Cuaron’s Oscar Award Winner RomeTerrazas said he had the first script the director didn’t share with anyone. “He told me, ‘I’ll talk to you and bring you a notebook’ – that was it,” Terrazas said. “It was a five-hour non-stop writing. I never wrote much! The book became the Bible of my team and advertising.
She liked to be working on the HBO series Deuceabout the lives of sex workers in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s. “It was the first time I had the opportunity to design based on a real sex worker,” Terrazas said. “The clothes set the tone of the environment we worked for.”
Regarding the differences in work between the series and the film, Terrazas acknowledged the former “different pace.” “We have to get everything ready,” she said. “The movie isn’t fast, but it’s completely different. I like to think and design, think and think about colors, textures, dressings.
The Qumra Masterclass programme concludes today with the legendary Johnny of Hong Kong’s filmmaking.
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