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Director and Production Designer Break Down Scenes from Ad Astra | Vanity Fair

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5 years ago

October 4, 2019

Director James Gray and production designer Kevin Thompson break down a few scenes from Ad Astra. They explain how important it was to create a world that was both futuristic and realistic by using real footage of the Moon and Mars and focusing on present-day space technologies.

Ad Astra is in theaters now!

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Tfue

October 4, 2019 at 6:02 pm

If this is blue you love van❤️
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Bashir Ahmad

October 4, 2019 at 6:05 pm

🙄🙄🙄

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jonas p

October 4, 2019 at 6:16 pm

Oh how I love this movie

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193sora193

October 4, 2019 at 6:16 pm

MOVIE OF THE YEAR.

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TRAP BOX MEDIA

October 4, 2019 at 6:24 pm

This video makes the movie look much more interesting than any of the trailers did. You should re-release this sequence as a trailer!

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SI Not Found

October 4, 2019 at 6:28 pm

OH YES!

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IssacNow

October 4, 2019 at 6:29 pm

This movie will be one of those movies people really start to love years later.

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Imani

October 4, 2019 at 6:37 pm

The movie was boring .. but it was beautiful

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Times Might

October 4, 2019 at 6:49 pm

Absolutely fell in the love with the movie . It had lotta honest emotions..no matter you travel the universe you can’t find love there ,its there right next to u .
Beautiful movie .
I loved that you dint take the aliens route ..I was kinda sick of tht concept . Brad Pitt has never been THIS awesome . The satellite falling scene was epic . There were so many thrilling elements throughout the movie . Just loved it .

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Times Might

October 4, 2019 at 6:51 pm

The father and Brad pitt character did show resemblance to the all father and jesus christ at some point .. subtle but nice

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Manuel Lessi

October 4, 2019 at 6:51 pm

I guess a lot of people didn’t like it because they expected something different… The photography is ridiculous

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Randy Barrientes

October 4, 2019 at 7:35 pm

Awesome directing skills Brad Pitt is the greatest

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Malcolm & John David Washington Break Down a Scene From ‘The Piano Lesson’ | Vanity Fair

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