CONCEPT ART


Visual styles and influences for the production.





Saddam and the adoring masses

The adoring masses






Iraqi money

Iconography






headshot 1 headshot 2

Saddam?






the LAX sign

A welcoming, yet imposing, greeting






streets of LA

Mounir in Koreatown






magazine cover

Anti-Saddam sentiment






Michael Jordan, Bruce Lee, Prince

American idols






Anna Karina

1960s beauty, Anna Karina






Anna Karina and her fuzzy collar

The New Wave






Travis Bickle

Taxi Driver






Travis Bickle Travis Bickle

An anti-hero






Agents

The feds






Kuwait ablaze

The First Gulf War, 1990: Kuwait ablaze






TV

A new icon






Stranger Than Paradise

Stranger Than Paradise (1)






Stranger Than Paradise

Stranger Than Paradise (2)






strip mall

An all-American strip mall: where everything happens






Wal-Mart

Ubiquity






the OJ chase

The white bronco: OJ on the run






the sun sets on Los Angeles

A hazy Los Angeles sunset






Mr. Sadman Was Here

Circa 1990