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McKean is a slightly pudgy, middle-aged, balding, English, award-winning, mixed media artist, illustrator, video director and now, with “MirrorMask?? out today, feature film director. To celebrate, McKean talked to The Crimson about the filmmaking process, his artistic process, and why working on “Harry Potter” was a waste of time...
...MirrorMask?? is the story of Helena, a young girl who stumbles upon a passage to an alternate world of masks through a mirror. Her adventures take her through a magical world, seen only in work like McKean’s, and into interactions with her Puckish guide Valentine and the villainous Queen of Shadows. It is like “Alice in Wonderland” through the modern looking glass...
...fact, it almost seems like an update of “Labyrinth,” which is no accident. “Mirrormask?? was commissioned by Lisa Henson, the head of the Jim Henson Company and the daughter of the titular founder, as an attempt to bring back the “Labyrinth” glory days. She contacted McKean after watching his no-budget short films, which exhibited the personality, creativity, humor, and accessibility of Henson’s work. Soon, the game was afoot and McKean was in the midst of what he called...
...those books. It was wonderful to see film on that scale. The production designer I was working for was amazing. The director was great and full of ideas. But all of it is a pretty thankless task. The pleasure of doing “MirrorMask?? was there were no levels you had to get through. It was a personal project. I thought of something and it was on the screen the next...
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