People of Emma’s stature had inherited furniture and paintings, but they weren’t as old as they are now, so they weren’t as faded. Color then was how you showed your wealth. And you can tell when you look at the dishes and other things from the era that don’t fade just how colorful the Georgian and Regency periods were. I was already pretty familiar with the Regency period. I would show a painting to a band and say, “What if you stood like this?” So as soon as I got the invitation to pitch for this movie, I went in pretty deep.Īutumn de Wilde ( second from right) directs actors in the sitting room of Firle Place, the English manor used as a main location in Emma. When I started photographing bands and making music videos, I brought it into my work in abstract ways. What was the starting point?ĪDW: I’m an obsessive researcher in general, and when I went to drama school, which was a long time ago before I became a photographer, I became pretty obsessed with different periods and how they affect the storytelling. I’m really excited to see designers writing to me about the sets.ĮD: The film has such a luscious, distinctive look. I think everybody responds well to beautiful things and to slice-of-life storytelling and the ability to time travel to another period. I’m getting a lot of emotional thank-yous on my Instagram and Twitter. I do want the film to survive economically, because I want more movies with complicated female characters at the forefront to be made.ĮD: What has been the response since it started streaming?ĪDW: Really overwhelming, in a very exciting way. The studio made the decision pretty quickly. But they were suddenly closing, and I was getting messages from fans begging to see it. I would never want it to seem like I was pushing to have my movie leave theaters. Did you push the distributor, Focus Features, to stream the movie on demand?ĪDW: No. Liam Daniel / Focus FeaturesĮD: The movie had just opened in theaters when COVID-19 forced cinemas to close. Emma is a story of friendship and the magic-and comedy-of misunderstanding.Īnya Taylor-Joy stars as Emma Woodhouse in director Autumn de Wilde’s Emma, a Focus Features release. There are so many ways to dive into this time period, whether it’s through design or costume or just a love of stories. In making this movie, it was fun to meet all the people who are so obsessed with Jane Austen and the Regency period. In wartime, in America and England, these kinds of movies were very healing. People in the design world are obsessed.ĪDW: It really means so much to me. Luckily, I’m in a cottage that a friend was able to loan me just 10 minutes away from my home.ĮD: You’re bringing a lot of joy to a lot of people with your movie, Emma. I’m on day four of a self-quarantine, because I was in London doing a photo shoot, and then I flew back to Los Angeles and didn’t want to risk exposing anyone in case I had been exposed. Where are you at the moment?Īutumn de Wilde: Yes, it is. Focus FeaturesĮLLE Decor: Autumn, I hope everything is OK with you and your family. The mint-colored tearoom in Emma was decorated in the Georgian style of the original Jane Austen novel. Its stunning production design by Kave Quinn and set decor by Stella Fox are giving the sheltering-in-place design community the escapist lift it needs at just the perfect time.ĮLLE Decor talked to de Wilde about the enthusiastic embrace of her gorgeous period comedy and how the world of decor-and her own obsessive attention to detail-was crucial in creating Emma’s irresistible world. Which is how Emma became one of the first new-release films to get an early video-on-demand release (it is now available to rent for $19.99 for 48 hours). “I was so honored that I got to make a movie that was going to be in theaters,” she says, “but then they were closing, and I, as well as the studio and the actors, started getting a lot of reaction from people who wanted to see it.” It was de Wilde’s first full-length feature she is a rock photographer known for her portraits and music videos for Beck, Florence and the Machine, and the Decemberists. But immediately after the movie opened for its theatrical release in late February, the coronavirus pandemic hit, forcing cinemas to close. With its tutti frutti–colored rooms, swagged Italian silk draperies, and patterned wallpapers (reproduced by Adelphi Paper Hangings), Emma-Autumn de Wilde’s luscious film adaptation of the 1815 Jane Austen novel-was a sure bet to become a design-world favorite for its kaleidoscopic yet period-perfect re-creation of the upscale Georgian world of its titular character (played by Anya Taylor-Joy).
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