Production designer Florencia Martin discusses the ambitious scope of Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another," highlighting the challenge of creating a tapestry of California locations. The film, loosely based on Thomas Pynchon's "Vineland," spans diverse settings from desert landscapes and the Tijuana border to Northern California redwoods and El Paso, Texas. Martin details the meticulous research and construction for key scenes, including a hermit's redwood home, a refugee-filled apartment, a "weed nuns" compound, and border detention camps, all contributing to the film's unique, amorphous reality.

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