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Oscar nominations; makeup; Fiennes preparation; painting; communal hotel; Keitel takes; Hugo Guinness
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- The film received nine Oscar nominations and won costume, makeup, production design and original score.
- Fiennes reportedly redid his confessional material after seeing Mathieu Amalric’s intensity, since they initially shot separately.
- Swinton’s old-age makeup reportedly received unusually generous spending compared with the production’s general thrift.
- The replacement painting is titled Two Lesbians Masturbating.
- Fiennes improvised Gustave’s full life story for Anderson, from a street-urchin childhood through East London.
- Goldblum reportedly stayed for much of the production after finishing his scenes; the company lived and dined together.
- Keitel reportedly slapped Revolori 42 times while filming the farewell.
- Hugo Guinness’s story collaboration is belatedly recognized; Anderson wrote the screenplay and Guinness shared the Oscar nomination.