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"North by Northwest Passage"
22" x 22" Gouache on paper
I've loved "North by Northwest" for a since the first time I saw it - the visuals, the music, the tiny razor gags, but most of all, the urban/rural scene hopping, from New York, to Chicago, to South Dakota. So - I thought I'd throw together a sort of scenic chart of all the actual locations in the movie - the only fictional one being the Northwest Airlines terminal, which no longer exists and I couldn't find reference for (but for "North by Northwest", I figured I'd take a little liberty). Also not included are the 1212 Michgan Ave Auction house and the hospital in Rapid City, as they were shot on soundstage in Hollywood. Even with that, it was a bit of a beast. Lots of research, lots of windows . . . The cars are also accurate from the initial 57 Skoda 440 cab to the '51 White Freightliner the plane crashes into, to the '52 Ford Customline Cary Grant rescues the girl in. I took color from the footage to get some of that "technicolor" feel, and blatantly ripped off Saul Bass' opening credit arrows to show the action.
Anywho - the show opens at the Gallery1988 Venice location on April 13th!
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(detail)
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progress - pencils to color blocking, to black line on top
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The remnants of my notes.
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3 comments:
This is fantastic.
LOVE this original take, bravo. you could do a whole show like this if you wanted - oh, the movies i'd love to see you map, from the shining to the empire strikes back. thanks for posting process too, always inspiring
Thanks! - I've got a two-man with Bennett Slater at Gallery1988 in January - and it's gonna be all maps. Star Wars is high on my list, and if I do one, Im doing all three (of the real ones) - or breaking it into three and doing the Han/Luke/droid plots. Im also thinking about Ran (japanese castles - schwah?!:)), and the Warriors. Let alone Indy . . .The shining would be sweet too - half composition the hotel, half comp the maze . . At about 60 - 100hrs a-piece - they're week ruiners but fun as hell.
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