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How ‘Asteroid City’ Production Designer Creates the Worlds of Wes Anderson | Vanity Fair

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June 16, 2023

Production designer Adam Stockhausen shows us how he brings sets to life for Wes Anderson’s iconic films like ‘The Budapest Hotel,’ ‘The French Dispatch’ and ‘Asteroid City.’ How do you get the retro look and feel of the Luncheonette scene? How do you portray depth and richness in each shot? How can you make sets “float” for the insides to be seen and be as light as possible? From ample research to gather all the intricate details to physically bringing the sets to life, Adam takes us through his genius process of production design.

Asteroid City premieres June 16th

Director: Adam Lance Garcia
Director of Photography: Zach Eisen
Editor: Michael Suyeda
Guest: Adam Stockhausen
Producer: Frank Cosgriff
Line Producer: Romeeka Powell
Associate Producer: Rafael Vasquez
Production Manager: Natasha Soto-Albors
Production Coordinator: Jamal Colvin
Talent Booker: Meredith Judkins
Camera Operator: Brad Wickham
Gaffer: Niklas Moller
Audio Engineer: Sean Paulsen
Production Assistant: Amanda Broll
Art Department: Jeremy D. Myles
Post Production Supervisor: Edward Taylor
Post Production Coordinator: Jovan James
Supervising Editor: Kameron Key
Assistant Editor: Courtney Karwal

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PsychedIndian

June 16, 2023 at 12:00 pm

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Valk.

June 16, 2023 at 12:00 pm

Amazing creative minds doing amazing creative things

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Cole Stanley

June 16, 2023 at 12:28 pm

I’m v been playing guitar with a band called mason and the gin line. Every sense they they hired me I have been obsessed with anything to do with production

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CCan_max

June 16, 2023 at 7:18 pm

Interesting

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Nolan Hardin

June 16, 2023 at 10:51 pm

that was great!

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KD

June 17, 2023 at 8:54 am

It seems increasingly that Anderson’s films are just well designed/produced sets and very little else. Walked out of The French Dispatch. No story, emotional depth, stiff acting. Zero interest.

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- Eppie
  
  June 17, 2023 at 4:05 pm
  
  Cool!
  
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- brown pooperson
  
  June 17, 2023 at 7:12 pm
  
  This take so bad it needs to be studied
  
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- Yunst
  
  June 17, 2023 at 10:55 pm
  
  i’m in your walls
  
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Liam

June 17, 2023 at 10:33 am

This was incredible.

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Sahiba D

June 17, 2023 at 3:35 pm

I can’t believe this has 10k views ???????? WES ANDERSON FANS TURN UP!!!

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Debby Frederick Esq

June 17, 2023 at 5:32 pm

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June 17, 2023 at 5:34 pm

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Jesse Aguilar

June 17, 2023 at 8:55 pm

It’s funny how even the sketches are symmetrical.

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leokimvideo

June 17, 2023 at 9:06 pm

It’s all beautiful and there is a level of control & thought that very much reminds me of how Kubrick worked. My gut feeling is Asteroid City is going to clean up at the Oscars.

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