While making his sci-fi time travel thriller Looper (out Sept. 28), writer-director Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom) constantly had his trusty Leica M6 camera at his side to document the process, often purposefully using super grainy black-and-white film stock to give his shots an evocative, noir-y feel. But it was a mistake in the development process that lent this shot — of star Joseph Gordon-Levitt in make-up designer Kazuhiro Tsuji's workshop, as the actor went through the process of transforming his face into a younger version of Bruce Willis — its smoky allure. ''I had actually messed up developing it and used some expired film developer,'' says Johnson. ''But it gave this kind of beautiful cloudiness to it that I actually really love. This was makeup test number one, the first time we took a look at the makeup and put it up against the life cast of Bruce and saw how we did.''
Image Credit: Rian Johnson
'Looper': Rian Johnson's Personal Behind-the-Scenes Photo Tour
Writer-director took roughly 1,000 photos while making his sci-fi thriller with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, and Emily Blunt; here's his exclusive journey through 20 of them
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