Apr 16, 2022
Lisa, Dean, Matt and Mj resume their coverage of the brilliant Apple TV+ production Severance. Soak it up peeps !
Meanwhile, here are some links to help you binge on yet more goodies, now that the series finale has aired.
In a marketing masterstroke, Apple Books have released a faux expose book by a fictional woman named Margaret “Peg” Kincaid. The book purports too be a tell-all by Peg spilling the beans on what’s really happening at Lumon. Get it from Apple Books. https://books.apple.com/us/book/severance/id1613220757
Seven awesome behind the-scenes stories you never knew about the
making of Series 1. The first story by some guy called Dan Erickson
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https://www.vulture.com/article/severance-behind-the-scenes-stories.html
The story behind the EPIC opening titles designed by enfant
terrible Oliver Latta (aka Extraweg) In Dean’s opinion already the
best titles of 2022 and unlikely to be beaten.
https://mashable.com/article/severance-opening-titles-oliver-latta
The Den of Geek article Dean mentioned deep diving on the
fascination sci-fi has with corridors
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/in-praise-of-the-sci-fi-corridor/
A constantly updating guide to all of the irl locations where
Severance was filmed, not least the iconic Bell Works in Holmdel,
New Jersey which serves as the Lumon head office.
https://www.atlasofwonders.com/2022/03/where-was-severance-filmed.html
An spooky recent picture gallery of the deserted Bell Works Lab
designed by Finnish legend Eero Saarinen
https://www.archdaily.com/469456/photos-of-eero-saarinen-s-abandoned-bell-labs
Roxanna Hadadi over at Vulture has her own suspicions about what
exactly Lumen is up to and what we might fond out in Series 2
Her own suspicions about what exactly Lumen is up to and what we
might fond
https://www.vulture.com/article/severance-finale-lumon-industries-eagan-theory-clues.html
And finally Roxanna’s colleague Jackson McHenry has this great
piece on the insanely great (see what I did there) Production
Design of the series
https://www.vulture.com/article/severance-office-design-explained.html
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