LMGI COMPASS
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Winter 2026
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All photos courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures except as noted.
For SLM Michael Glaser/LMGI that meant helping to build whole
worlds for a production that would cover the breadth of California,
from south along the Mexico border in San Diego to Eureka in the
far north, and even farther east to El Paso, Texas.
Based on Thomas Pychon's 1990's novel Vineland and stories
by Anderson himself, the film follows members of a radical
militant collective called the French 75. Inspired by the Weather
Underground of the late '60s and early '70s, its members must
disperse and go into hiding after a failed bank robbery. Sixteen
years later, Leo DiCaprio's burned-out former radical, now living
a quiet life as "Bob" among the redwoods of Humboldt County,
California, comes out of hiding to rescue his daughter "Willa"
(Chase Infiniti) who has been abducted by the corrupt white
nationalist, Col. Lockjaw (Sean Penn).
Eureka, CA by Michael Glaser/LMGI
