The World of Hollywood Art Design: An Interview with Henry Bumstead.(Interview)

From: Cineaste | Date: June 22, 2001| Author: Horton, Andrew | Copyright information

In early August 2000, Henry Bumstead, one of Hollywood's most celebrated art designers, walked on stage in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Film Festival Awards ceremony to receive a special award in Production Design for a lifetime of work. At age eighty-five, "Bummy," as he is affectionately known throughout the industry, had had quite a week, for his eighty-seventh film--Clint Eastwood's Space Cowboys--had just opened to strong reviews and equally strong box-office receipts. Bumstea...