ADG Perspective

January-February 2016

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SCOTT FOUNDAS, " WORKING WITH A TOP-FLIGHT CRAFT TEAM THAT INCLUDES PRODUCTION DESIGNER STEFANIA CELLA, THE DIRECTOR BATHES THE FILM IN A LOOK THAT FEELS UNFAILINGLY TRUE TO THE PERIOD WITHOUT EVER VERGING ON KITSCH; IT'S A MOVIE THAT ISN'T JUST TAKING PLACE IN THE LATE '70s AND EARLY '80s, BUT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN MADE THEN." "'BLACK MASS' IS TAUT AND ELEGANTLY UNDERSTATED." SCOTT FOUNDAS, "WORKING-CLASS 1970s AND '80s BOSTON, GRAY AND RUNDOWN, IS ANOTHER MOODY STAR OF THE FILM, FROM THE THICK SOUTHIE ACCENTS AND CLAPBOARD ROW HOUSES TO DANK, ABANDONED HARBORS AND BEACHES. THE SUN NEVER SEEMS TO SHINE ON THIS CITY." L AURA DEMARCO, "STEFANIA CELLA'S SPOT-ON PERIOD PRODUCTION DESIGNS INFUSE 'BLACK MASS' WITH HISTORICAL HEFT AND DRAMATIC IMMEDIACY." DANN GIRE, W W W . WA R N E R B R O S 2 0 1 5 . C O M F O R Y O U R C O N S I D E R A T I O N BEST PICTURE BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN STEFANIA CELLA (PRODUCTION DESIGNER) TRACEY DOYLE (SET DECORATOR)

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