A futuristic, midcentury movie set for ‘Speed Racer’
By Behind The Scenes TV on May 8, 2008 in New Movies
In the Wachowski brothers’ new movie, “Speed Racer,” the eponymous main character (Emile Hirsch) and his family seem to live in a modern ranch house in midcentury suburbia. The hallmarks of the era are there: graphic wallpaper, bold colors, bamboo accents and streamlined furniture upholstered in nubby fabric. But there’s also a futuristic television and a spotless workshop where Speed’s dad, Pops (John Goodman), makes battery-operated race cars that can defy gravity.
“We were trying to make the film quite timeless, retro and midcentury, but set sometime in the future,” says Owen Paterson, the production designer, who had worked with Andy and Larry Wachowski on their groundbreaking “Matrix” trilogy. Adds set decorator Peter Walpole: “You never quite know where you are or what time you’re in.”
However, the eye-popping race scenes that make up much of the movie, which opens Friday, could happen only in the distant future — or in a video game.
(LA Times)
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