‘Maria’ Director Pablo Larraín Wanted Production Designer to Create a ‘Jewelry Box’ for Angelina Jolie Because ‘She’s a Jewel’
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans Editor “She’s the jewel, and I had to create the jewelry box.” The “jewel” for “Maria” production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas was Angelina Jolie who embodies the famed opera soprano Maria Callas in “Maria,” now streaming on Netflix.
That was the directive the film’s Dyas received from director Pablo Larrain when approaching their latest film together. “Maria” follows Callas in the last weeks of her life.
Through flashbacks, he highlights her triumphs and moments such as meeting Aristotle Onassis and performing at La Scala in Italy.
The film also looks at her struggles with her health and mental state while under the influence of medication and how she is haunted by memories while making one last attempt to return to singing.
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