‘Across the Universe’ (2007)
Production Designer: Mark Friedberg
(New Years Eve 2011; Morning Glory 2010, The Tempest 2010; State of Play 2009; The Darjeeling Limited 2007; The Producers 2007; The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2004; Coffee and Cigarettes 2003; Kate and Leopold 2000)
Freidberg says, his greatest challenge on Across the Universe was not the technical process of realising Taymore’s (director) vision, but living up to her expectations of creating a wholly new and original work. ‘She let me go and get way out there and see if I would find anything she would like, and usually the stuff that was farther out was the stuff she was curious about. I wanted to interpret the 60s in a way that was relevant and interesting. I didn’t want to re-create it. I wanted to reinvent it.’
