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Lucy Alibar is currently stationed in the Netherlands where Beasts opened the 14th international Films by the Sea film festival. In between Q&A's, she's been reporting back on her day-to-day and it looks amazing!
Did a great Q and A tonight, the last one here.
Here is the view outside my window.
Incredible audience in Vlissengen — big hearts, ravenous minds. Awards ceremony tomorrow!
Stay tuned for more snapshots from the Awards ceremony soon.
Going back to Quvenzhané, were you concerned at all about dragging, I believe, a then six-year-old girl through some pretty emotional trials? It's a tough part. BZ: Yeah, you know, it was a real long process of trying to make sure that she felt comfortable going to those places and it took a little bit of work. Figuring out the way that she felt comfortable stepping into some of those scenes. There eventually had to be - and this had to do with the casting of Dwight - we weren't going to be able to do the film with method acting, and just completely... we weren't able to have someone play Wink that was going to be in character all the time; [where] even when we'd call cut, he'd be kind of scary and tough on her. But Dwight is this incredibly sweet man, so even in these scenes where he'd be so harsh on her and so angry, the moment we would call cut, he would go back to his wonderful self. That really helped her a lot; just knowing that we were playing make believe and she could go back to the real world. The minute we would cut the camera, it was back to having fun and playing games.
Read the whole thing at Quickflix.
Above illustration by Julian Birchman. Beasts was made with the fundamental belief that a creative community of friends is the best recipe for good art. From songs to poems to paintings, we've been totally in awe of the art that people have produced in response to our film. We're slowly building an archive of all the different Beasts-inspired art and media that we've come across online, check out a selection below!
Mixed media by Tracy Blanchard.
Digital painting by Helena McGill.
Auroch painting by Kathryn Vita.
Instagram by Morgan Marinoff.
Digital painting by Lisa Jane Persky.
Drawing by Chris Melberger.
Painting by Heather Murray.
Auroch drawing by activateharpoon.
Drawing by Jess Chen and Sierra Ulrich
Illustration by Jorge Melgoza.
We want to see what you've made!
If Beasts inspired you to make something, we'd be honored to share in that. Email us documentation — photos, videos, writing, etc. — at beasts@beastsofthesouthernwild.com.
Beasts continues to soar! Over the next few weeks, we're opening or expanding* in 37 new cities (see list below). We're not playing in the "The Bathtub" (it's an imaginary real place, after all), but it is a place that is deeply loved and fiercely protected by its residents. As we've brought our Bathtub to more corners of the world, you've let us know that there are many real places that are "Bathtubs" to you.
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To see all the cities where we're open and still going strong, visit our See the Film page!
The Costume Cafe podcast interviewed Stephani Lewis, the costume designer for Beasts of the Southern Wild, about working in the swamp, her design career, and what the future holds. Check it out at the Costume Cafe.