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Glass Onion
Tár
John Wick: Chapter 4
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A CONTEMPORARY FEATURE FILM
GLASS ONION
Netflix
Five longtime friends become wrapped up
in a murder mystery on the Greek island
home of a billionaire, as the film's fabulous
location, sprawling luxury estate Villa 20 in
Porto Deli, traps the action in an idyllic bubble
of privilege and beauty. Secondary locations
were challenged to match the villa's opulence
and exoticism: Beach scenes were filmed on
Korakia Beach in the Kranidi area, while the
restaurant and main square of the century-old
Poseidonion Grand Hotel on Spetses Harbour
are also featured.
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4
Lionsgate
Transglobal location work lends international cachet
to the latest chapter of the spy franchise as John
Wick seeks out the most powerful players in the
underworld. The bloody action story's high stakes
play out in lavish spaces like the Opera Garnier,
the Red Rooms of the Louvre, the grand stables at
the Palace of Versailles, the Arc de Triomphe, the
Jardin du Luxembourg and the breathtaking Sacré-
Coeur Basilica in Montmartre. Other notable stops
on Wick's cross-planet adventure are Wadi Rum in
Jordan, the Sacred Heart Church and Kraftwerk
in Berlin, the National Art Center in Tokyo, the
Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah and the Four Freedoms
State Park in New York.
TÁR
Focus/Universal Pictures
World famous composer-conductor Lydia Tár
is at the top of her game when sexual abuse
allegations come to light and threaten her
carefully curated life. The city of Berlin takes
center stage as the psychological drama unfolds
against its minimalist structure and clean lines.
Central to the story is a refurbished 1960's
concert hall in Dresden that served as Tár's mid-
century rehearsal space, its wood paneling and
warm lighting echoing her sleek office and her
childhood home. The contrast between Lydia's
modest former studio and her chilly, brutalist
Berlin apartment frames the identity conflict that
sets up her eventual fall from grace.
