‘Train Dreams’ Pop-Up Gallery Curated by Clint Bentley and Cinematographer Adolpho Veloso Opens in Los Angeles (EXCLUSIVE)
A pop-up gallery offering a behind-the-scenes look at Netflix’s “Train Dreams” is set to open next week in Los Angeles.
The gallery exhibition, titled “Train Dreams: The Visual Journey,” will feature art and stills curated by the film’s director Clint Bentley and cinematographer Adolpho Veloso. It will also feature an immersive projection experience featuring unseen footage set to the soundtrack of the audio experience released in partnership with Calm earlier this year. Visitors are invited to step inside the sweeping landscapes and intimate moments that define “Train Dreams” and experience its visual language beyond the screen.
“Train Dreams” stars Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker living in the Pacific Northwest. Set in the late 1960s, Bentley called on Veloso to be the film’s cinematographer.
The images are lush. The tall green trees pop against the clear blue sky, until a wildfire ravages the forest and changes Grainger’s life. Suddenly, the palette is ash and grey reflecting the aftermath. Veloso’s imagery is one that lingers long after the film credits have rolled. In one scene, it’s a grand moment, as the tall trees get sawed down all in the name of progress.
Last year, Veloso sat down with Variety for Inside the Frame and said, “For 99% of the movie, we used natural light.”
In a statement, Bentley said, “I’m really excited people will be able to experience the world of the film this way. Adolpho and I put a ton of thought and care into how to translate the world and images from the screenplay to the screen. A big part of that was trying to show the evocative world of Washington state from a fresh perspective. To have ‘Train Dreams’ displayed in a gallery like this should be a really special experience for anyone who can make it out.”
Veloso said, “It’s actually amazing, and nothing short of fulfilling, to have a gallery of stills from the movie because we really shot this film with still photography in mind. We wanted it to feel like you were looking through someone’s life photographs, almost like you had found a box full of pictures and were trying to figure out who that person was through those images. All of our visual choices and our entire visual language came from that idea, trying to evoke the feeling that you are studying those photographs in an intimate way.” He added, “So it’s really amazing to take some of those images from the film and put them in a gallery, bringing it back to the initial idea. Hopefully, it becomes a similar experience to watching the movie, where you are piecing together who that person was through the pictures.”
“Train Dreams: The Visual Journey” will open on Feb. 25 at 8250 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046, for a private preview event with filmmakers. It will open to the public on Feb. 26 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event will be free and tickets can be reserved here. The first 100 visitors will receive an exclusive 35mm poster signed by Bentley and Veloso, and other merchandise will be available throughout the day.
The gallery exhibition, titled “Train Dreams: The Visual Journey,” will feature art and stills curated by the film’s director Clint Bentley and cinematographer Adolpho Veloso. It will also feature an immersive projection experience featuring unseen footage set to the soundtrack of the audio experience released in partnership with Calm earlier this year. Visitors are invited to step inside the sweeping landscapes and intimate moments that define “Train Dreams” and experience its visual language beyond the screen.
“Train Dreams” stars Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker living in the Pacific Northwest. Set in the late 1960s, Bentley called on Veloso to be the film’s cinematographer.
The images are lush. The tall green trees pop against the clear blue sky, until a wildfire ravages the forest and changes Grainger’s life. Suddenly, the palette is ash and grey reflecting the aftermath. Veloso’s imagery is one that lingers long after the film credits have rolled. In one scene, it’s a grand moment, as the tall trees get sawed down all in the name of progress.
Last year, Veloso sat down with Variety for Inside the Frame and said, “For 99% of the movie, we used natural light.”
In a statement, Bentley said, “I’m really excited people will be able to experience the world of the film this way. Adolpho and I put a ton of thought and care into how to translate the world and images from the screenplay to the screen. A big part of that was trying to show the evocative world of Washington state from a fresh perspective. To have ‘Train Dreams’ displayed in a gallery like this should be a really special experience for anyone who can make it out.”
Veloso said, “It’s actually amazing, and nothing short of fulfilling, to have a gallery of stills from the movie because we really shot this film with still photography in mind. We wanted it to feel like you were looking through someone’s life photographs, almost like you had found a box full of pictures and were trying to figure out who that person was through those images. All of our visual choices and our entire visual language came from that idea, trying to evoke the feeling that you are studying those photographs in an intimate way.” He added, “So it’s really amazing to take some of those images from the film and put them in a gallery, bringing it back to the initial idea. Hopefully, it becomes a similar experience to watching the movie, where you are piecing together who that person was through the pictures.”
“Train Dreams: The Visual Journey” will open on Feb. 25 at 8250 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046, for a private preview event with filmmakers. It will open to the public on Feb. 26 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event will be free and tickets can be reserved here. The first 100 visitors will receive an exclusive 35mm poster signed by Bentley and Veloso, and other merchandise will be available throughout the day.