PRODUCTION A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY
“Our collaboration is deeply inspired by more intimate conversations about our flaws, mistakes and life lessons”
WORDS OLIVER WEBB IMAGES MATT KENNEDY © 2025 CTMG, INC DOP Benjamin Loeb, FNF sits down with Definition to discuss A Big Bold Beautiful Journey S tarring Colin Farrell and
also stars Farrell and playfully explores the ensuing fallout after a faulty AI robot is introduced into a family. “We’d always wanted to continue our collaboration and this project had been circling around between us for a while,” begins Loeb. “For a moment the film seemed to be slipping through the cracks, but once Margot came on board things quickly materialised and we jumped at the opportunity to work together again.” While the two spoke about classic musicals and Ernst Lubitsch films during pre-production, “it was really thinking about Makoto Shinkai’s anime that clicked the look of A Big Bold Beautiful
Margot Robbie, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey is director Kogonada’s third feature film. After hiring a car from an unusual rental company, two strangers, introduced to one another at a mutual friend’s wedding, set out on an adventure of self-discovery. On their separate journeys home, they’re presented with the chance to relive moments from their pasts, illuminating how they got to where they are in the present. Benjamin Loeb, FNF served as the film’s cinematographer, having previously collaborated with Kogonada on the sci-fi film After Yang (2021), which
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