Podcast appearances and mentions of Mary Zophres

This week we finally leap to one of Glenn's favourites, after wanting to get here so long he finally leaps with costume designer Mary Zophres to 2016 musical romance La La Land. We hope you enjoy this episode more than 2 of us enjoyed this film.

Damien Chazelle's "Babylon" was one of 2022's largest and most ambitious films. It's fair to say it split everyone who saw it down the middle with their opinions. But an area most could agree on was the film's technical craft. Two frequent Chazelle collaborators, composer Justin Hurwitz and costume designer Mary Zophres were kind enough to spend some time going in-depth on their work for Chazelle's latest. First up is my interview with Hurwitz, where he breaks down the extensive layering of the score, how the film pushed him out of his comfort zone to try new things, if he's open to working with anyone outside Damien Chazelle, and more. Then we have Zoe Rose Bryant's interview with Mary Zophres, where she breaks down the film's elaborate costumes, working with all the different department heads on this massive project, her reaction to some of the criticisms thrown at the film's anachronisms, and more. You do not want to miss listening to these before the Oscars! Please take a listen to them down below and enjoy. Thank you! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

Jenny Eagan, costume designer for the new star-studded Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, has a career path defined by opportunities taken. Although she did not formally study costume design, her many award-winning projects feature characters who leap off the screen, thanks in no small part to her costumes. Who would have thought a girl from Independence, Missouri would end up in this profession? “Certainly not my Mom,” laughs Eagan. “I wanted to be a middle-school teacher to make a difference. Halfway through college, I switched to textile marketing and merchandising because I love clothes, but never knew that could lead to working in the entertainment industry.” Post-graduation, Eagan drove cross country to live in San Diego, where she became ‘excellent on rollerblades' before following friends to Los Angeles. She joined a temp agency and her first interview was for a low budget film. As fate would have it, Mary Zophres was the costume designer on her second temp job. Eagan shadowed her on weekends, getting coffee and grabbing lunches. She observed and absorbed everything, until Zophres invited her to join the team on Any Given Sunday, her first job as a production assistant. Six months at Western Costume Company gained her entry into the Union. She spent over a decade with Zophres, progressing from production assistant to assistant costume designer. “Mary hates when I say she was an amazing mentor, but I didn't know anything and she taught me everything.” Her first feature as a costume designer was Contraband, with Mark Wahlberg and director Baltasar Kormákur, but the project that launched her career was the first season of True Detective for HBO. The show garnered her the Costume Designers Guild Award for Best Contemporary Television Series in 2015. “It was an amazing experience and a confidence builder for me.” Eagan moved on to design several small but critically acclaimed films and television series including Olive Kitteridge which won her an Emmy, Widows, and the celebrated Beasts of No Nation. The first iteration of the Knives Out trilogy, written and directed by Rian Johnson, was an unmitigated hit. “Because of our limited shoot time, we had all guns blazing,” she says. “I feel like I fit every single one of the cast members the week before. Thankfully, Rian wrote well-defined characters and chose seasoned actors. We were all in sync.” She was awarded her third CDGA for her efforts. Johnson wanted everyone to ratchet it up for the sequel, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. Eagan decided early on that most of the costumes would be custom made. Shooting on a remote island off Greece and in Serbia during Covid, she knew she could not count on shopping. She prepped in Los Angeles, anticipating multiples for principals and stunt doubles, then brought extra fabrics to cover her back. While designing the first Knives Out, Eagan forged great relationships with Johnson and producer Ram Bergman. They agreed that travel during the pandemic could be problematic and allowed her to bring her union team from Los Angeles. She brought ACD Jessica Albertson, supervisor Emily Egge, set costumer Claire Sandrin, and cutter/fitter Erica Ciaglia. “Claire, Emily, and I first worked together on No Country for Old Men (designed by Mary Zophres) and have collaborated as much as possible since. I was thankful for this luxury. I'm not a one-man show, we are a team.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Clarisse chats to costume designer Mary Zophres about her Silent-era costumes in Babylon (07:00). We put on our dancing shoes for M3GAN (27:00), dissect some toxic workplace culture in Tár with Cate Blanchett (46:00) and decide whether The Old Way is the right way in Nicolas Cages' latest (1:13:00). Meanwhile, in our HOT TAKE (1:29:00), we discuss the comeback of the divisive Golden Globes. If you'd like to join the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tweet us at @FadeToBlackPod. Follow us: @amonwarmann, @clarisselou, @hannaflint If you like the show do subscribe, leave a review and rate us too!

In episode I speak to Kyle Barbeau of EasySmilesAndExpensiveWatches on Instagram about the western thriller, No Country for Old Men starring Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin. The costume designer was Mary Zophres. Ethan & Joel Coen directed and secured Oscar wins for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay from the book No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy published in 2005). In the extras I talk about a recent car crash and a fallout with Bret Easton Ellis.  For links to more show notes and extra research check out: https://fromtailorswithlove.co.uk/podcasts This episode is sponsored by MyPostcard. Be sure to enter TAILORS25 at checkout to get your 25% discount of any postcard you send.

Connor & Jon venture back to the Golden Age of Hollywood with Kaden Reed to discover the wonderful word of glitz, glamour, and communism. They discuss what the intentions of the Coen's were behind this film. If this is the closest we'll get to a Coen's 30 Rock episode. And who the biggest idiot in the film is.Link to Roger Deakins website: https://www.rogerdeakins.com/Follow us:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rulesoftheframe/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rulesoftheframe  Twitter: https://twitter.com/RulesOfTheFrame  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCII7_Fevn8na1ZkXyfUeTQA/featuredFilms mentioned in this episode:---------------------------------Hail, Caesar! (2016) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenNo Country for Old Men (2007) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenArrival (2016) | Dir. Denis VilleneuveDr. Zhivago (1965) | Dir. David LeanLawrence of Arabia (1962) | Dir. David LeanThe Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenThe Big Lebowski (1998) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenThe Hudsucker Proxy (1994) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenInside Llewyn Davis (2013) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenTrue Grit (2010) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenFargo (1996) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenLa La Land (2016) | Dir. Damien ChazelleO Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenSome Like It Hot (1959) | Dir. Billy WilderSunset Blvd. (1950) | Dir. Billy WilderRaising Arizona (1987) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenAvengers: Endgame (2019) | Dir. Joe & Anthony RussoThe Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) | Dir. Wes AndersonThe Meyerowitz Stories (2017) | Dir. Noah BaumbachMank (2020) | Dir. David FincherA Serious Man (2009) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenIshtar (1987) | Dir. Elaine MayHigh Noon (1952) | Dir. Fred ZinnemannRio Bravo (1959) | Dir. Howard HawksBarton Fink (1991) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenBrazil (1985) | Dir. Terry GilliamThe Artist (2011) | Dir. Michel HazanaviciusHugo (2011) | Dir. Martin ScorseseSaving Mr. Banks (2013) | Dir. John Lee HancockOnce Upon a Time... In Hollywood (2019) | Dir. Quentin TarantinoSkyfall (2012) | Dir. Sam MendesFoxcatcher (2014) | Dir. Bennett MillerThe Disaster Artist (2017) | Dir. James FrancoAn Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997) | Dir. Arthur Hiller and Alan SmitheeThe Farewell (2019) | Dir. Lulu WangPosthumous (2014) | Dir. Lulu Wang

EPISODE 80 - MARY ZOPHRES - Costume Designer Team Deakins sits down with Costume Designer, Mary Zophres for this episode. She shares how she works with actors, large amounts of extras, the production designer, and the DP. She describes the thrill of seeing the actor become the character in the fitting room. Camera tests are important since “your eye tells you different things than the lens does” and she tells some of the things she has discovered through camera tests. She also describes dressing Jeff Bridges on The Big Lebowski, researching First Man and her experience on La La Land. We learn a lot about how the costumes can add so much to the storytelling.

Connor & Jon are joined by the first critic of the show, Caleb Maine, to discuss the Coen's depressing masterpiece: A Serious Man. Jon gets distracted by the fact that there were earbuds in the '60's. Caleb hates Sy more than any other film character. And Connor obsesses over the use over repeating dialogue.WARNING: Major spoilers for A Serious ManFollow us:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rulesoftheframe/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rulesoftheframe  Twitter: https://twitter.com/RulesOfTheFrameFilms mentioned in this episode:----------------------------------A Serious Man (2009) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenMetropolis (1927) | Dir. Fritz LangThe Big Lebowski (1998) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenNo Country for Old Men (2007) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenCalvary (2014) | John Michael McDonaghThe Hurt Locker (2008) | Dir. Kathryn BigelowJoker (2019) | Dir. Todd PhillipsCrazy Heart (2009) | Dir. Scott CooperCalvary (2014) | Dir. John Michael McDonaghThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) | Dir. Andrew DominikFargo (1996) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenThe Hudsucker Proxy (1994) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenMiller's Crossing (1990) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenRaising Arizona (1987) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenVampire's Kiss (1988) | Dir. Robert BiermanSnake Eyes (1998) | Dir. Brian De PalmaWild at Heart (1990) | Dir. David LynchThe Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenIntolerable Cruelty (2003) | Dir. Joel & Ethan CoenThe Ladykillers (2004) | Dir. Joel & Ethan Coen

Better get your ties on, because it's time to talk about Gangster Squad.  Spencer and Ethan discuss the campy 2013 film about how a group of cops took down Mickey Cohen and his gang back in 1949. Costumed by Mary Zophres, the style of the film is interesting; there are period accurate double breasted suits and ties, but a few liberties with the lapels and shirt collars. It's almost as much a throw back to the gangster films of the 90s as it is a send up of the ones from the 40s and 50s. Listen in as we analyze the menswear and some of our favorite cheesy quotes from this flick. Show notes :https://streetxsprezza.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/the-menswear-in-gangster-squad-2013/ IG: @styleanddirection | @ethanmwong | @spencerdso

8 Reasons To Go Booze-Free May-Be   On this week’s special edition BOOZE-FREE MAY-BE* episode, I share the Top 8 highlights and Top Tips I’ve experienced thus far on my alcohol-free* month of May around: Journaling. Sleep. Mobile Phones In The Bedroom. Endorphins, Energy and Mindset. Ways To Treat Yourself and Be Kind To Yourself. Saving Money. Interpersonal relationships, Dating and not putting up with people’s bullshit. Setting & Kicking Goals.   We also feature theexclusiveaudio from our livestream interview recorded101 Tokens founder,Benny Wallington on: Joy. Being a small business owner and working different hours and a different kind of life. Snorkelling and banana bread and activities that can get you out of your own head. Flow states, sports where the stakes are high and getting out of your own head. The process of given up alcohol and my first 10 days booze-free.   Hit Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet up on social media here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danwilkinson1/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hotndelicious/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/craftbeerlovin/ Twitter https://twitter.com/hotndelicious Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HotnDelicious Hot & Delicious YouTube - Ballistyx Snowboard Show, interviews & more. https://www.youtube.com/user/HotnDeliciousRecords   'Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet’ entertainment, travel, photography & lifestyle blog: http://hotndelicious.com/   For social media strategy, content/photography & influencer business enquiries contact: info@hotndelicious.com   GABS Festival:   Shoutouts to the people at the Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular!   GABS Festival showcases the best Australian and New Zealand craft breweries and cider producers and features hundreds of beers and ciders – including up to 180 ‘Festival Beers & Ciders’ made just for the event.   GABS Festival  2019 - Melbourne - Friday 17th - Sunday 19th May: https://www.gabsfestival.com/melbourne-event-info GABS Festival  2019 - Sydney - Saturday 1st June: https://www.gabsfestival.com/sydney-event-info GABS Festival  2019 - Auckland - Saturday 29th June: https://www.gabsfestival.com/auckland-event-info   Podcast to listen to: Hot & Delicious. 213 Benny Wallington (101 Tokens) x Booze-Free May-Be* https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/213-benny-wallington-101-tokens-x-booze-free-may-be/id923799010?i=1000437216065 179 Jaymz Clements (NBA 'Straya podcast founder/host & entertainment industry writer/editor/broadcaster) https://podcasts.apple.com/ai/podcast/hot-delicious-rocks-planet/id923799010?mt=2 175 Murray Valeriano (USA stand-up comedian & host of the All Things Comedy ‘Road Stories’ podcast)- Live from Los Angeles, I am proud to call this son of a preacher man from Memphis (Tennessee), via New Jersey, my friend and on today’s show we chat about landing on an aircraft carrier in the Middle East, performing for American troops at a non-existent military base in Djibouti on the Horn of Africa and ‘Comedians on Safari’ where Californian comedians book stand-up comedy tours around surfing safaris, We also discuss Murray Valeriano’s latest hour-long show on religion, which is bound to raise a few eyebrows in the USA where religious belief still hold so much sway and power, being inspired and motivated by his Academy Award nominated wife Mary Zophres, who is one of the best costume designers in Hollywood, on movies such as La La Land, True Grit and Catch Me If You Can and much, more more. https://hotndelicious.com/2018/03/27/murrayv/ https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/175-murray-valeriano-usa-stand-up-comedian-host-road/id923799010?i=1000407215599 Roadstories Podcast Murray Valeriano https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/roadstories-podcast/id268649970 The Joe Rogan Experience - diverse range of guests including Elon Musk, Russell Brand, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, UK comedian Eddie Izzard, Travis Barker from Blink-182 and many more. One of my recent faves is episode  #1284 which is Joe Rogan’s interview with author and journalist Graham Hancock about the ancient civilisations, archaelogy and the Ice Age  https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-joe-rogan-experience/id360084272?i=1000436110838 NBA Straya with Jaymz Clements - a music industry writer for Rolling Stone and a bunch of other high profile publications. NBA ‘Straya is a daily NBA podcast based out of New York City and Australia, covering all things NBA with a dash of ‘Straya thrown in from the NBA frontlines.  https://nbastraya.com/category/podcast/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nba-straya-thursday-feb-22-episode-63/id1313092126?i=1000403398984&mt=2 https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/sulp MMA Hour with Luke Thomas - Mondays and Thursdays. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mma-fighting/id320642139https://www.mmafighting.com/mma-hour   Connect with Benny Wallington (101 Tokens) online: https://www.101tokens.com/ 101 Tokens App https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1325579246 https://www.instagram.com/101tokens/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/101tokens/   Vote For The Planet  https://www.facebook.com/events/2420452798230881/?notif_t=plan_user_invited¬if_id=1556835256274347 https://www.futuregiving.co/climate http://fuckgiving.co/climate   Connect with One Wave founder Grant Trebilco online: https://www.instagram.com/granttrebilco/ http://onewaveisallittakes.com/ https://www.instagram.com/onewaveisallittakes/ https://www.facebook.com/ONEWAVEISALLITTAKES

Welcome to Episode 11 of Nooks and Crannies! Nasal Tubes, Black Eyed Kids and Timely Oscar Picks Matt talks all about the Sneaky Weasel’s at Balderdash Brewery and Evan discusses the ABC’s of a great Ontario nut brown ale with his selection from the much better Ashton Brewing Company. Matty then needed a swig before informing Epen of the vilest baby accouterment he has yet encountered **TRIGGER WARNING: GROSS DESCRIPTIONS** (3:00), Evan then matches Matty with a pet peeve of his own relating to sidewalks and precipitation (5:37). This week we are recommending three, Paranormal/UFO shows (7:42)! We start with the real-life giants over at Astonishing Legends with Matty sharing his heroic Black Eyed Kid’s story; Next is Not Alone, hosted by Sam and Jason who take silly deep dives into the paranormal and 100% based in reality conspiracies, highly recommend them, Matty has been a listener since episode 1! Last and certainly, well…is the Canadi-Alien Rob, don’t call me Kris, Kristofferson host of the critically acclaimed and fan-driven masterpiece known as Our Strange Skies, Matty graced Rob with his presence a while back and Rob was the very first podcaster who shared a Nooks and Crannies episode. He then defended my honor in response to this awful troll who lived under a bridge in his FB group. Anywhozydoozy, Rob is the greatest friend of podcasters around and I consider him a RL friend, despite his potential of being an ancient Man-In-Black, Canadi-Alien!! Evan wrestles the mic away and teaches Matty all about Zora Neale Hurston, a pioneering female anthropologist from the 1920’s (13:36), we talk a bit about how this was unusual for the time but not unusual for anthropology and finish off with a bonus recommendation of Hortense Powdermaker, who it turns out, is not African American rather she worked with them in impoverished rural America. She was actually born into a Jewish Family in Pennsylvania…I could go edit that error out, but I figured, good reminder to look things up first eh!?! Frances Slaney would be so disappointed in me, yet so proud of Evan… Hold onto your Jay’s Hats, it’s the Nooks and Crannies 1st annual Totally Unsubstantiated Oscar Prediction Spectacular (20:05). See Paul, this is what happens when Evan and I are left to our own devices. Matty manages to wedge in a shameless self-promotional plug, one of those “I totally know that guy” type move, awkwardly shouting out Murray Valeriano and his much more acclaimed and talented wife Mary Zophres :-) who is a costume designer who works with the Cohen bros. on all their movies and was up for an Oscar for the Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Evan finishes off this amazing analysis with a story of him being shitty to some new friends at Carleton, what a guy Epen is eh? **Not sure what happened to my mic in the Oscar segment, not bad, just weird sounding.** And last, and seriously, certainly not least! My wonderful and adoring wife Melly got a very special birthday shout-out because I love her very, very much (37:05). Much like Murray V, I totally married above my pay grade, and I let her know that constantly and on occasion publically. But, in reality, this was just an opportunity to self-aggrandize myself and talk about my culinary prowess. So…ya I am an awful person. Happy Birthday Love, thanks for making me a happy father and bringing me Joy! :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Talks atchya'al Soon, Eh. N&C Links Archive of Episodes Topics and Lighthearted Complaints Watch Matty Fight on Social Ponder Evan’s Blurry Pictures Graphics by Donna Hume :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Our Condolences Lindsay

Oscar Wrap-up with Murray Valeriano. Murray was there with his Oscar-nominated wife, Mary Zophres. So he's got the skinny. Graham asks why Chris was drunk on Mary Poppins and more!

Costume designer Mary Zophres and set decorator Dena Allen look to the script to layer the movies and TV shows they work on.

How you pronounce Googie, french fry and buffalo wing greased balls, supportive pants, continuity errors, T-Bone Burnett's hunger game, Jeff Golblum's Adam in 1998, Mary Zophres doesn't do shit (She only does the finest quality work), sputnik shapes, Chandler's big sleep, the physics of ball spin and the logistics of filming it, the little man in Adam, celebratory strike dances, and the present as imagined by 1950s futurists.