For the bedroom of Barbiethe team combined a velvet upholstery with a sequin custard. Your dressing room, on the other hand, shows coordinated sets in toy cash showcases. «Without a doubt, it is a house for a single woman,» says Greenwood, pointing out that when The first Dreamhouse was sold (A folding cardboard house) In 1962, it was rare for a woman to own her own home. And Spencer adds: «It is the feminist icon par excellence.»
In Barbie —As in previous films like MUJERCITAS and Lady Bird– Gerwig set out to materialize an entire world. «Literally, we were creating the alternative universe of Barbie Land,» says the director, who sought «authentic artificiality» every time. As an example, he mentions the resource to paint by hand a painted backdrop instead of using CGI to capture the sky and mountains of San Jacinto. «Everything had to be tactile, because toys are, above all, things that are touched.»
Everything had to be pink. «Maintaining the 'childhood' was essential,» says Gerwig. «I wanted the roses to be very bright, and that everything was almost too much.» In other words, he continues, he didn't want to «forget what he did to me Love Barbie as a child«The construction, says Greenwood, caused an international competition for the fluorescent tone of Rosco painting. He laughs while he says: «The world ran out of rose.»
Article originally published in AD Us.