Blade Runner 2049 - Q&A with Production Designer Dennis Gassner

Q&A with "Blade Runner 2049" production designer Dennis Gassner and set decorator Alessandra Querzola.

Dennis Gassner's first film experience was "Apocalypse Now." Dean Tavoularis and Francis Ford Coppola were his mentors.

Ridley Scott used Dennis Gassner's leftover neon lights from "One from the Heart" in the original "Blade Runner."

The director, Denis Villeneuve, and cinematographer, Roger Deakins, hate green screen and wanted to use practical, built sets as much as possible. The movie was shot in Budapest, Hungary. Ridley Scott had made "The Martian" there and suggested the location. Miniatures were done by Weta in New Zealand. When Dennis Gassner asked Denis Villeneuve for one word to describe the film, he said, "brutality." And he asked him how we're going to present it, and Villeneuve said, "We're going to dream a lot." They were inspired by the Soviet character of the buildings and everyday items in Budapest.

Shot and edited by Viva Videography.

Blade Runner 2049. Blade Runner. Dennis Gassner. Alessandra Querzola. Denis Villeneuve. Ridley Scott. Roger Deakins. Production Design. Production Designer. Set Design. Set Decorator. Set Decoration. Budapest, Hungary. Miniature Sets. Soviet. Brutality.

[matejkurray]

I also have no other words than *thank you* Mr. Gassner and Mrs. Querzola for this visionary work seen in Blade Runner 2049! It truly is like a dream from which I never want to wake up from.

[felixwilcken]

yes, thank you so much for sharing this journey!