How Ed Lachman re-created 1950s for `Far From Heaven'

When the title appears at the start of "Far From Heaven," a brightly painted title covers the screen over the backdrop of a street scene occupied by people and automobiles, and the music of composer Elmer Bernstein rises in a broad sweep that evokes a 1950s era Technicolor film.

By Vincent J. Schodolski

March 23, 2003