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Space Cases
Ben Davis, BSC blasts off for the
intergalactic superhero adventure
Guardians of the Galaxy.
By Douglas Bankston
*|*
D
espite having first appeared on pulp in 1969, Marvel's
Guardians of the Galaxy comic books were unfamiliar to
cinematographer Ben Davis, BSC before he signed on
to shoot the big-screen incarnation. He was quickly
brought up to speed with the concept, though, when director
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James Gunn took him for a stroll through the art department
early in preproduction. "The design work was flabbergasting,"
Davis says, still with a sense of awe. "It blew me away. Concept
work that is only limited by imagination can set a very high
bar, and my job was to bring it to life. That challenge, for me,
was the most enjoyable aspect."
Unlike Marvel's usual fare, which hangs Earth in the
balance as superheroes square off against equally powered
villains, Guardians is at its core a space adventure, set in the
distant cosmos and populated by humans, humanoids and all
manner of strange aliens. In the film, crafty space pilot Peter
Quill (Chris Pratt) - whose chosen moniker of "Star-Lord"
does not precede him as far as he thinks - daringly swipes a
powerful orb only to find himself the subject of an all-out
bounty hunt led by the evil Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace).
With the fate of the galaxy threatened by Ronan's plans, the
intergalactic police force known as the Nova Corps pressures
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