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Thursday 15 October 2015
Inside the lavish visual feast of ‘Crimson Peak’
LINDSEY BAHR ated fantastically dark on the same page, Del While there are other lo- eight years to make. Every-
AP Film Writer worlds in films like “Pan’s Toro asked his wardrobe cations, Allerdale Hall is body wanted it to be small-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fear Labyrinth,” wanted “Crim- and production design the wheezing, bleeding er or PG-13 and I didn’t
is written in the walls of son Peak,” out Friday, to teams to read and study centerpiece of “Crimson agree on either of those,”
“Crimson Peak’s” crum- feel as grand as an old Hol- the character biographies Peak,” where the untold said del Toro. (The bloody
bling haunted mansion. lywood production. Build- he’d crafted for his three horrors of the past con- film ended up securing an
Literally. ing a three-story house with leads. “The second man- verge in all their decadent R-rating).
Director Guillermo del Toro Members of the key artistic
had his production and In this image released by Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures, Mia Wasikowska listens to team, including produc-
design teams fashion the tion designer Tom Sand-
word into the cracks and director Guillermo del Toro on the set of “Crimson Peak.” Associated Press ers, costume designer Kate
crevasses of the woodwork Hawley, and supervising
and furniture throughout a functioning elevator, run- date was that everything in glory. Truly, the walls ooze art director Brandt Gor-
the massive, three-story ning water, and working the movie, no matter how red clay and the house don, were given an almost
manor, which they built fireplaces isn’t a bad place whimsical, needed to be creaks and moans and luxurious amount of time to
from the ground up specifi- to start, but beauty alone is rooted in reality,” said del breathes, thanks to a gap- prep before pre-produc-
cally for the gothic thriller. trite. Everything needed to Toro in a recent interview. ing hole in the foyer ceiling. tion began.
It’s not that del Toro thinks serve the story — even de- “I asked them to always “I wanted to make it feel “In contemporary cinema,
that spelling out the word tails that might not be obvi- have a photograph or a like a character. I wanted there is often a mandate to
fear will make the expe- ous to the casual viewer. reference of the period to to create it from scratch. try to keep things as eco-
rience of watching the To ensure everyone was back up any choice.” That’s why the movie took nomical as possible and to
film any scarier. In fact he try to keep prep as short
doesn’t even believe in as possible. This was totally
subliminal messages at all. different,” said Gordon. He
(Ghosts, mind you, are an- calls the four months in To-
other story.) ronto their “pre-conceptu-
But it is one among doz- al production phase.”
ens of hidden in plain sight It was all about ideas, and
treats and thematically Del Toro was there daily to
relevant motifs woven into discuss everything while
the visuals of the painstak- Sanders built models.
ingly designed film about Once pre-production was
a young American novel- underway, they spent
ist, Edith (Mia Wasikowska) about 14 weeks building
who comes to live in the the house before their Feb-
eerie estate of her new ruary shoot date. For the
husband, Thomas (Tom crew, that meant having
Hiddleston) and his sister, 10 completely distinct sets
Lucille (Jessica Chastain), ready to go at the same
in 1901. time, which proved to be
The director, who has cre- quite a challenge.q
Sting, Mylene Farmer play
lovers in ‘hot’ new music video
MESFIN FEKADU “Wow. I love my job,” Sting Car” when it was released In this Sept. 17, 2015 photo, Sting and Mylene Farmer pose for a
AP Music Writer said with a smile on his on the 2003 album “Sacred portrait at MSR Studios in New York.
NEW YORK (AP) — Sting face. Sting, 64, and Farm- Love,” making it perfect for
and French singer Mylene er, 54, said they decided the collaboration. Associated Press
Farmer play steamy lovers to collaborate after years “(It’s) a story about man
in a new music video for of being friends. In recent who is very wealthy — he’s wide, rewrote the song to have to learn how you
their duet. In person, they years, Farmer attended a a company director, he add her section in French. phrase, and it becomes
play like old friends who kiss Sting concert in London has a beautiful wife, two Sting compared recording like a dance. It’s like a
on the cheek. and saw his musical, “The lovely children, but he also “Stolen Car” with Farmer to dance in the ear,” he said.
Farmer remade Sting’s Last Ship,” on Broadway in has a girlfriend. And it’s ... dancing with a partner. Outside of his duet with
2003 song “Stolen Car” New York City. the girlfriend’s saying, ‘You “You know when you sing Farmer, Sting said he’s
and released the single Their new video premiered have to take me dancing together and you sing in working on his own music.
last month. In a recent in- Tuesday. sometimes. I live in the qui- harmony and you have to “I’m almost thinking about
terview, the pair finished “It was hot. It was hot. And et; I live in dark the whole phrase with another per- it. I’m in the studio ... with
each other’s sentences a lot of fun,” Sting said. time,’” he said. son, you’ll have to learn younger musicians messing
and Farmer even gave “Was it?” Farmer asked. “And I feel alone,” Farmer how they phrase and they around,” he said.q
Sting a kiss on the cheek “I mean hot in a different added.
after gushing about the kind of way than what you They recorded the song in
new tune. mean,” he said as Farmer Paris, and it will appear on
“It’s a great song. I’m very, laughed. “It’s a very sexy Farmer’s album “Interstel-
very happy to do this and video.” laire,” out Nov. 6.
share this,” she said. “And Sting said he originally in- Farmer, who has released
then I’m going to kiss Sting tended to feature a fe- 10 studio albums and sold
on the cheek.” male vocalist on “Stolen 11 million albums world-
