Barbie director Greta Gerwig reveals the 33 movies that inspired her while making the live-action feature film debut of the iconic Mattel doll.
Barbie director Greta Gerwig names the movies that inspired her live-action adaptation of the popular Mattel doll. The upcoming movie, co-written by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, will star Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken as they explore the real world.
Speaking to Letterboxd, Gerwig started to list 29 movies that inspired her to make Barbie, but the number went up to 33 by the time her interview ended. Here are the movies that she listed below: SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Barbie's Inspirations Are Noticeable In The Trailer While Gerwig's list is diverse, some visual references to the movies she has mentioned are noticeable in the trailers. The most obvious one is a recreation of one of 2001: A Space Odyssey's most iconic scenes, which acted as the basis of the teaser trailer and introduced the world to Robbie's portrayal of Barbie.
Barbieland also seems heavily inspired by many movies listed, from the bright colors of The Wizard of Oz to the surrealist designs of Fellini's And the Ship Sails On and Peter Weir's The Truman Show. While the movie itself seems to be highly commercial in nature, as it is based on an IP that has transcended generations and continues to be as popular as it was when Mattel introduced the Barbie doll, its inspirations are highly intricate, and Gerwig's cinematic tastes are vast.
Time will tell how movies like The Godfather will factor into the overarching narrative of Barbie, but it can already see how Will Ferrell's Mattel CEO could act as a visual reference to Marlon Brando or Al Pacino in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather. As strange as it is to see movies like these referenced for Barbie, the theatrical experience Gerwig promises for her latest film will be unique and one of the bigger movies of the summer.
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