Monday, January 06, 2020
How 'The Two Popes' re-created the Sistine Chapel for Netflix
Los Angeles Times: “The Two Popes” stars Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce as Pope Benedict XVI and the soon-to-be Pope Francis, respectively. Directed by Fernando Meirelles, the Netflix movie imagines a number of enlightening conversations that may have taken place between them in 2012, months before their unprecedented transfer of power within the Catholic Church.
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This is seriously insane. To take one of the most beautiful and famous buildings in the world and recreate it to enough detail that close-up shots could be taken of it, is absolutely unreal. This is a perfect representation of the new abilities that modern technology and techniques have granted us. I will need to look into this wall-tattooing more, because it’s incredible. I love that instead of using pictures of the original paintings, they had artists recreate the masterpieces on a smaller scale and then blew them up to the correct size. That detail just reminds us that filmmaking and theatre are still community arts, that require huge teams working together seamlessly in order to produce this grand art. The level of detail maintained is astounding. I have yet to see ‘The Two Popes’ but I must now, if not to only see the scenic masterpieces displayed on screen.
Crazy crazy crazy! I'm in absolute awe. There are so many aspects of this I could talk about. The fact that there are people out there who know a whole chapel like the back of their own hand is wild to me. We are so fortunate to live in a world with so much beauty and to have people who know this beauty so well is a blessing. I had never heard of wall-tattooing before. It seems like a very interesting process that combines authenticity with practicality. It might just be useful in one of our own productions or projects someday. It also saddens me that the set had to come down. It's so strange how masterpieces like these, like our own sets, are only ever temporary. It does say something about letting go and moving on, but it's such a shame. I have not seen the Two Popes yet, but now I am very very incentivized to do so.
This article honestly left me speechless. I was lucky enough to visit the Sistine Chapel 4 years ago, and as soon as I stepped inside, my breath was instantly taken away from the nature, beauty, and intricate detail of the room. And oh my gosh, the Michelangelo frescoes are beyond words. I have such an immense appreciation for the art department that worked on this film for their dedication and attention to detail. This was such a difficult task at hand, and I can easily tell by the screencap at the top of the article that they did it justice. I really appreciated the fact that they completed this in Italy, with such in depth research and insight from experts. I believe that was the only way to do it as well as they did. I had never heard of the application technique for the fresco replica, and I’m really interested in looking more into that. The fact that they hired artists to create scaled down paintings of Michelangelo’s work, simply for a Netflix film is INSANE! They did it beautifully. The reasoning behind the detail they put into the set is lovely, that they believed in honesty since that was a core value embedded in the story.
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