The SAG Awards were anything but #SoWhite after honoring
several actors of color at its 22nd annual ceremony including Idris Elba, Viola Davis, Queen Latifah, and Uzo Aduba.
Not exact matches
McQuarrie layers the action over
several planes and drapes his
actors in shadows, using darkness and flashes
of color (like the billowing yellow dress that Ferguson wears or the blue lighting
of the opera's set) to bring clarity to a logistically complicated series
of fights and chases, measures and counter-measures.
Deakins showers most
of the film's scenes in gold
color schemes, which smartly function as a literal visual metaphor to the film's Golden Age Hollywood setting, especially in terms
of the grand studio sets that introduce the professional work
of several key
actor characters.
This is certainly different than the current social media outcry and recent veiled boycott talk from
several actors and directors
of color, following the second straight year in which Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Emmanuel Lubezki were practically alone among non-white nominees in major categories.
Designed makeup styles and
color palettes for a cast
of more than 30
actors in
several period pieces throughout history