Random Classic: “Despair” by Alex Prager for Nowness
Directed by Alex Prager
DoP: Matthew Libatique
Editor: George Folsey Jr, Brad E. Wilhite
Production Designer: Tam Reid, Fi-Campbell Johnson
LA-based photographer Alex Prager turnes director in this 50s chiller. For this film “Despair”, Prager worked with model and actress Bryce Dallas Howard, daughter of director Ron Howard.
Imagine you’re a hip&hot photographer from L.A.
Right, L.A., that’s where they used to shoot those classy films in the 50s and the 60s which, no big surprise here, still have a big impact on your work. So, why not make one of those flicks yourself, you might ask yourself. And when you’re at it, you might as well team up with some industry heavyweights like director of photography Matthew Libatique (Pi, The Fountain, Requiem for a Dream, Gothika, Iron Man) and editor George Folsey Jr (Blues Brothers, Hostel). And instead of a model, you could cast a real actress already, maybe someone like Bryce Dallas Howard (The Village, Manderlay, Spider-Man 3 and, ehem, Eclipse)?
Witness a true classic of the fashion film genre! This is what you get, when the pros work it! “Despair” won Best Artistic Direction on the third edition of Diane Pernet’s Fashion Film Festival “A Shaded View On Fashion Film”.
