You need great artists to help create great fake art. I love a movie about an artist. You get to peek inside the world of someone obsessive, with talent many of us cannot imagine. But who makes the paintings that the films showcase? I mean, behind the scenes, who is doing the real work? And what about the art we see on sets, or pieces that the characters buy? Sure, they might be commissions or actual pieces, or they might be something artists have created just for that scene. The point is, there are real artists working for the art in our movies. Recently, Elephant covered several of these artists and their influence on the films they worked on. For example, in Wes Anderson's new movie The French Dispatch, Benicio Del Toro stars as artist Moses Rosenthaler. In order to make his art convincing, they hired artist Sandro Kopp. Kopp had to figure out the character and how they would paint, down to the style, substance, and aura behind it. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 4 November, 2021