Interviews With "The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar" Cinematographer & Costume Designer

The Next Best Picture Podcast

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4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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"The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar," based on the 1977 short story of the same name by Roald Dahl, had its world premiere at the 2023 Venice International Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for filmmaker Wes Anderson bringing his trademark cinematic style to the short film format. It is the second film adaptation of Dahl's work directed by Anderson, following the Oscar-nominated "Fantastic Mr. Fox" in 2009. With an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short, "Henry Sugar" marks Anderson's eighth Oscar nomination. Working with his usual collaborators both in front and behind the camera, the film is the first of a four-part series of shorts adapted from Dahl's short stories, including "The Swan," "The Rat Catcher," and "Poison." All of them are now available to stream on Netflix. Costume Designer Kasia Walicka-Maimone and Cinematographer Robert Yeoman were kind enough to spend a few minutes speaking with us about their work on the short film and their experience working with Anderson. Please be sure to check out the short film, which is up for your consideration for Best Live Action Short Film at this year's Academy Awards. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture Podcast, and these are Daniel Howitt's interviews,
0:05.1	with the cinematographer for the wonderful story of Henry Sugar, Robert Yeaman,
0:10.0	and short films costume designer, Keisha Walika Maimon.
0:13.9	Good evening, Mr. Sugar, said the man behind the desk whose job it was to never forget a face.
0:19.1	Henry Sugar was 41 years old, unmarried and rich.
0:23.3	Strange.
0:24.3	The following is what Henry read in the Little Blue exercise book.
0:28.8	Gentlemen, I'm a man who can see without using his eyes.
0:32.5	He saw it, I cried.
0:33.9	He saw that trolley.
0:34.6	This is absolutely unbelievable.
0:36.6	I was flabbergasted.
0:38.1	Robert, thank you so much for taking time to chat with me about the wonderful story of Henry Sugar.
0:43.6	I'm always thrilled to see what you and Wes cook up. So I'm glad we got the chance to talk today.
0:50.3	Pleasure to be here. Thank you for having me.
0:52.3	Well, Henry Sugar has such a distinct look, even for a Wes Anderson film. It's very different.
0:58.9	Where did you get started when you came onto this project? Where do you and West, what's the
1:04.4	beginning of your collaboration? Well, you know, it's obviously it's the script, you know,
1:09.7	and he sends me the script. And then Wes, you know, it's obviously it's the script, you know, and he sends me the script.
1:11.3	And then Wes, you know, in the last few movies, he makes it animatic, which is like a little cartoon.
1:19.2	And that's kind of an ongoing process.
1:22.1	But, you know, by the time we start prepping the movie, it's a, it's a guide for everyone.
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