Drawn

I’ve finally finished my interview with TWICE UPON A TIME’s (see previous) art director, Harley Jessup. He’s currently working at Pixar as production designer, having just wrapped up work on RATATOUILLE, but got his start in the animation biz working at Korty Films. He did several Sesame Street shorts (The Adventures of Thelma Thumb) before being assigned to work on John Korty’s upcoming audacious project: TWICE UPON A TIME. The film was a flop in the theaters, but that didn’t stop it from garnering a cult film status throughout the years, having spurred the imagination of many gen-x’ers, who were still kids at the time of its release (1983).

Read about how SE7EN and FIGHT CLUB director David Fincher was holed up in Harley’s apartment for 5 weeks, working on a 3D model shot of a train trestle for a sequence in the beginning of the film, how space was so limited in Korty’s house (where they produced the film) that a bathroom was converted into another camera room, and how some of the backgrounds ended up being over 7 feet long. Production shots and model sheets by Harley himself are also featured. Check it out.

Interview with writer and historian Taylor Jessen: Part 1.
Interview with art director Harley Jessup: Part 2.