LA VIE LITTÉRAIRE army of people around. He doesn't like video village or anything like it; he tries to create an intimate atmosphere for the actors. " I generally don't bring a lot of lights onto the set, " he continues. " For example, on The Grand Budapest Hotel [AC March '14], our hotel location had a giant skylight, and we just bounced a lot of HMIs through that, used a lot of practicals inside, and brought in one light for the actors. That was pretty much how we did the interiors. Wes doesn't want to see a lot of lights and light stands; he'd rather keep the space as clean as possible. " The director also prefers keeping company moves to a minimum, favoring locations that are within a golf cart's ride from the production's 32 / NOVEMBER 2021