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[–] someguy3 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I've heard this and don't understand why he didn't just pay a farmer to use their field.

[–] TheBat 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In the script for Interstellar, the setting for the farm was written as being surrounded by corn fields with mountains in the distance. There are not a lot of places in the world, apparently, that can have both. So the filmmakers were taking a $100K gamble to grow corn in Western Canada, outside Calgary, where the film was shot.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Wow if that’s not an x/y problem if I ever heard one. Holy shit. Why not just change the setting? I don’t remember mountains being particularly important to the plot.

[–] TheBat 10 points 9 months ago

Shut up pleb, workings of Lord Nolan are beyond your comprehension.

That dude has always been able to spend a ridiculous amount of money on practical effects. Robin's cabin, from the movie (Insomnia), was built in the middle of the lake on one of Canada's most protected national parks. He spent a massive chunk of his budget on this one set and it involved hiring specialized construction workers, who were also professional divers, and they build almost the entire thing by hand. Since they had to make sure everything was in it's original shape when they left (they would be fined if the government even found a toothpick leftover), they were so meticulous with their tear-downs that it took a month... of full-time specialized crews, all disassembling the set by hand. All for a set that could have been just as beautiful if it was shot a half-hour away so he didn't have to follow all those rules. But he just wanted that one, specific look so he spent the money.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Filmmakers/comments/18ekbit/has_anyone_worked_with_christopher_nolan_and_how/kcqvcu2/

[–] MycelialMass 7 points 9 months ago

Its subtle world building for immerssion, as corn is all that will grow theyre growing it in places that didnt normaly have cornlike in the mountains. Hope that makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah, or maybe you could edit in the mountains in post production.

I guess, it somewhat limits what shots you can do. And maybe, this would actually be more expensive, if there's lots of mountain shots...?

[–] InternetCitizen2 1 points 9 months ago

I feel like that is what they mean, but now I'm not sure.