9/19/2023 0 Comments Production designerIt is all very lean and mean and cohesive. Ethan and Joel were and still are great in how they plan and execute their work. We worked so hard and when it was over we all knew we had made a good film full of humor and irony and I thought it was stylish. We hit it off.īlood Simple was really the first film for all of us. Most of my Design work was in the theatre then. I had never done a film, just smaller TV work. I was doing Summer Stock at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and they all drove up to meet me. Mark was an up and coming Producer they had hired and I had worked with Mark before. JM: I met Ethan and Joel through a mutual friend, Mark Silverman. How did you first meet the brothers? After Blood Simple wrapped, what were your feelings? Did you foresee their iconic career? MT: Early in your career, you were the Production Designer on the first two Coen Brothers films: Blood Simple and Raising Arizona. I loved doing the big shootout in the opening with a great Dutch special effects group. I had started another film with Alan and Gordon that folded so I was happy when we launched into this story about the IRA. Alan taught me more than any other Director I have been associated with. The Devil’s Own was not only a large budget film that involved the two biggest male film actors of that time, but was Directed by Alan Pakula and was his last film. PHOTO: Alec Baldwin gives his famous speech in Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) That sense of place, that moment in time is a gift for a Designer to define. Who could ask for more?ĭavid Mamet’s stories are full of great language, texture and sense of place which feeds his stories. GlenGarry was a once in a lifetime chance to work with an INCREDIBLE ensemble of actors, great Director and DP and Mamet script. Jane Musky: My favorite films as a Designer are GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS and THE DEVIL’S OWN. Is there a film or two that you’re most proud of? Matthew Toffolo: You have been the Production Designer on over 30 films in the last 35 years. It was an honor to interview Jane and talk about her amazing career, and it looks like she’s just getting started. She also happens to be married to the President of the United States (well on the TV show Scandel) for the last 28 years too! She has designed over 40 productions in the last 30 years, working with directors Mike Newell, Ivan Reitman, Andy Tennant, Gus Van Sant, Jerry Zucker, James Foley, and The Coen Brothers, to name a few. Jane Musky is one of the top Production Designers working in the industry today.
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