Question 1

How did Martin Scorsese recreate the visual style of different time periods in The Aviator?

Accepted Answer

Scorsese designed each year to look like color movies from that era, using digital post-production to recreate Cinecolor and two-strip Technicolor. For example, peas appear blue in a club scene as they would in two-strip Technicolor.

Question 2

What preparation did Cate Blanchett undertake for her role as Katharine Hepburn?

Accepted Answer

Blanchett learned to play tennis and golf, took cold showers (which Hepburn was known for), and watched Hepburn's first fifteen movies to study her mannerisms and poise.

Question 3

Which real-life person did Leonardo DiCaprio consult to understand Howard Hughes' obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Accepted Answer

DiCaprio spent time with an OCD patient named Edward, who advised him on aspects like repeating sentences, as Hughes does when asking to see blueprints for the Hercules.

Question 4

What period of Howard Hughes' life does The Aviator cover?

Accepted Answer

The biopic depicts Hughes' life from 1927 to 1947, when he became a successful film producer and aviation magnate while struggling with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Question 5

Which editor of classic films appears as one of Howard Hughes' editors in The Aviator?

Accepted Answer

Anne V. Coates, editor of Lawrence of Arabia and The Elephant Man, appears as an editor putting together the initial cut of Hughes' film Hell's Angels.

Question 6

How did Martin Scorsese visually distinguish different time periods in The Aviator?

Accepted Answer

Scorsese designed each year to look like color movies from that era, using digital post-production to recreate Cinecolor and two-strip Technicolor. For example, peas appear blue in a club scene as they would in two-strip Technicolor.

Question 7

Which real-life editor of classic films appears as one of Howard Hughes' editors in The Aviator?

Accepted Answer

Anne V. Coates, who edited Lawrence of Arabia and The Elephant Man, appears as one of Hughes' editors working on the initial cut of Hell's Angels.

Question 8

What personal preparation did Cate Blanchett undertake for her role as Katharine Hepburn?

Accepted Answer

Blanchett learned to play tennis and golf, took cold showers (which Hepburn was known for), and watched Hepburn's first fifteen films to study her mannerisms and poise.

Question 9

Which awards did The Aviator win in 2004 according to festival and award records?

Accepted Answer

The film won awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review in 2004.

Question 10

What period of Howard Hughes' life does The Aviator cover?

Accepted Answer

The biopic depicts Hughes' life from 1927 to 1947, when he became a successful film producer and aviation magnate while struggling with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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