Thanks to Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” we return to Tinseltown in a loving, nostalgic, 50-year time capsule. Looking back on the landscape of 1969 definitely offers retro eye candy. But the facelifts to both Hollywood Blvd. and Westwood Village were not easy to pull off for production designer Barbara Ling.
“It’s getting harder to shoot period in La because of what they tear down,” said Ling, who previously did a ’60s La makeover for Oliver Stone’s “The Doors.” “La was never a preservation city, and they keep tearing down these glass towers. But La has always been about rebuilding itself. They say it’s even tougher to find little corners to build facades on top of.”
The biggest challenge was getting permission to restore parts of Hollywood Blvd., which bringing in director Tarantino to convince the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. “We had to submit a plan,...
“It’s getting harder to shoot period in La because of what they tear down,” said Ling, who previously did a ’60s La makeover for Oliver Stone’s “The Doors.” “La was never a preservation city, and they keep tearing down these glass towers. But La has always been about rebuilding itself. They say it’s even tougher to find little corners to build facades on top of.”
The biggest challenge was getting permission to restore parts of Hollywood Blvd., which bringing in director Tarantino to convince the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. “We had to submit a plan,...
- 7/25/2019
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
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