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With lost kids, dysfunctional families and too much
food, the holidays have always been a perfect
backdrop for comedy, drama and even action.
In this reprint from the photo essay first published in
2014, here is how some Directors have celebrated
the occasion.
Season's Greetings
CITY LIGHTS: (opposite) Bob Clark directs Peter Billingsley (who would
later become a Director himself) in the perennial A Christmas Story
(1983). Filmed in Cleveland, Clark said he wanted the film to take
place "amorphously [in the] late '30s or early '40s," but a specific year
is never mentioned.
(Below) The Gotham Plaza set for Tim Burton's Batman Returns (1992)
was based on the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. It was built on
Stage 16 on the Warner Bros. lot, one of Hollywood's biggest stages.
PHOTOS:
(RIGHT)
ALAMY;
(ABOVE)
MGM/UA
ENTERTAINMENT
COMPANY/PHOTOFEST
— continued on page 28
CELEBRATING THE CRAFT
