New illustration for Newsweek this week! It’s a section opener for a piece on the history of Oscar winners over the last 90 years. I worked closely with awesome art director @mgoesele on how to show off some classic films. #artistsoninstagram #illustration #editorial #oscars #forestgump #moonlight #soundofmusic #12yearsaslave #silenceofthelambs #westsidestory #gladiator #casablanca #amadeus #lupitanyongo #alexhibbert #tomhanks #julieandrews #russelcrowe #humphreybogart #nataliewood
PC: AMADEUS is a masterpiece. Such a great history lesson, for any age. Everyone stays glued to the screen for three hours. The Director’s Cut on Blu-Ray is even better.
CE: The Director’s Cut I like because of the scene in the studio that was cut from the film where Mozart comes to me and I hit him with the roses. That was so much fun because they went to such elaborate detail creating that dressing room. All the murals on the wall- it was all amazing. Such care and detail. Everything. That whole entire movie.
PC: It’s the best Best Picture of the 80s.
CE: I was thrilled that it got restored on Blu-Ray. It was an amazing experience in my life that was really one of the highlights of my life, looking back, truly.
A souvenir program for Amadeus starring Michael Sheen came into my possession today and let’s just say I nearly broke down crying when I actually opened it to see which cast it was
