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Winter 2020

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THE ARTISAN WINTER 2020 • 61 W hen Quentin Tarantino calls and says he wants to make a fi lm about Hollywood in 1969, you know you're about to do your dream job! And it's not going to be just another period piece, but a true- to-L.A.-culture fi lm. Quentin grew up in Los Angeles and wanted to keep the look authentic to the city's very specifi c style—Hollywood glitz and glam, blended with relaxed SoCal beach/pool life. He wanted to contrast traditional Angeleno style, including the Hollywood establishment, the counterculture, and the hippie aesthetic that was creeping into the mainstream. We used real-people references instead of fi lm or internet pictures by collecting family photo albums, yearbooks, newspaper clippings, and any documentaries about L.A. to see the real people. From recreating famous Hollywood icons and villains to dirtying feet on background, we stayed true to the city and the time—and we gave Quentin his authentic memories of Hollywood. B Y H E B A T H O R I S D O T T I R | D E P T . H E A D M A K E - U P & J A N I N E R A T H - T H O M P S O N | D E P T . H E A D H A I R Photos by Wilson Webb/CTMG, Inc., except as noted Quentin had screenings for us every week during prep, where he showed movies from 1969 that were shot in Los Angeles. This provided great reference, as well as the You Must Remember This podcast that was on continuous play in the trailer, along with KHJ radio and Billboard 1969 top hits. It was a lot of fun and every day was epic on set. In Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood, many of the characters in the fi lm are real people, either associated with Charles Manson or celebrities of the time. The fi lm is a fairy tale of Quentin's memory of L.A. as a young boy growing up in the suburbs and taking trips into the heart of Hollywood to see movies with his mother and stepfather in their Karmann Ghia. Because it is his memory/fairy tale, we were not tied to 1969 with some of the celebrities, it was more about their iconic looks or how Quentin remembered them. ONCE UPON A TIME…

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