February 2021
Emily in Paris: City of Light
At top, American marketing expert Emily Cooper (Lily Collins) makes contact with a potential client, suave perfume tycoon Antoine Lambert (William Abadie). Photos by Carole Bethuel, Stéphanie Branchu and the filmmakers.All photos courtesy of Netflix. “Paris is beautiful — it’s hard to miss that,” says Steven Fierberg, ASC, when asked what’s most striking about shooting in the French capital. “One of the things that really helps you as a filmmaker is that the city was designed in a unified way, in color and in shape, which makes it easier to create an image that has unity.” An accidental Parisian, Emily relentlessly documents her experiences — adding another visual possibility to the storytelling. As part of this...more
