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M A Y / J U N E 2 0 2 0 | P E R S P E C T I V E 1 7 By reaching out to their digital hub, productionandcostumedesignmag.com, readers can sample content from recent issues, order a single issue, or subscribe to the digital and print editions. The current issue covers a multi-article tribute to ranco effi relli and his longtime friend and collaborator, costume designer Piero Tosi, articles on Il Peccato, a fi lm on the life of Michelangelo exhibiting the work of roduction Designer Maurizio Sabatini and set decorator Stefano altrinieri, and a fi lm on the founding of ome, Il Primo Re, featuring the work of designer Tonino Zera. Of course, Rome is going to be the center of stories centered on the Vatican, and also covered are the productions of both The Two Popes and the HBO series The New Pope. In all these articles, the magazine does a wonderful job of exploring the interplay of the work done by the roduction Designer, set decorator and costume designer into the overall look of the fi nished production. impossibility of following the historical reality to the letter, as in the case of Michelangelo's Roman workshop's reconstruction: «The area around Piazza Macel de' Corvi, where Michelangelo lived and worked in Rome, no longer exists, demolished around 1902, due to the expansion work on Piazza Venezia and the enhancement of the Vittoriano. Therefore, I suggested we shoot at the Teatro Marcello: there I imagined a large loft, where Buonarroti could essay the sculpture of Moses, which we had a sculptor make in fiberglass. The interiors were built in the Via Tiburtina Studios, as well as the Sistine Chapel and the artist's workshop in Carrara». In alto, la bottega di Michelangelo a Roma e il Teatro Marcello come è oggi. Sotto, l'esterno della cappella Sistina, scena girata a Porta Asinaria. Above, Michelangelo's workshop in Rome and the Teatro Marcello as it is today. Below, the exterior of the Sistine Chapel, a scene shot at Porta Asinaria. ASC: MAURIZIO SABATINI D