It was not an easy task to put together Barbie a dream world that felt full and real, but not cheesy or too simplistic. Director Greta Gerwig he created this land in a way no one else could have imagined, and says he did it in a “maximalist” way, which he drew from a child. She told W Magazine that “when eight-year-old girls play dress-up, they wear everything.” She continued:
“When I was little, I loved Lisa Frank. I thought her art was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. Then, as you get older, you say, “No, I have grown-up tastes and I don’t need the glittery dolphins.” But there is still someone in you who loves glittering dolphins. You just have to let them out and play a bit.’
When asked how she married that maximalism to the more emotional and intimate aspects she wanted to touch on the film, Gerwig continued on her Shakespearean influence, saying:
“I’m not comparing myself to this person in any way, so please don’t think I’m doing that, it would be mortifying, but I’m always thinking about the architecture of what we have in this movie and the ontology of Barbie. [in relation to] what I love so much about Shakespeare’s plays. Stay with me. I’m not saying I’m Shakespeare. But I think Shakespeare was a maximalist. There was nothing that was too far or too crazy that couldn’t be worked on, and then there was going to be something in between that felt quite human. I was thinking about it like this: a heightened theatrics that allows you to tackle big ideas in the middle of an anarchic game.
Whatever his inspiration, he has crafted a beautiful film that will go down in history as a box office hit and fan favorite. Barbie it’s still in theaters.
by Jessica Fisher
Source: Geek Tyrant
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