Ready, Set, Go: ‘Saturday Night’ Production Designer Jess Gonchor on How He Recreated the Iconic 1975 ‘SNL’ Stage
Over in the distant corner, there’s the elevator tower as depicted in the movie, situated near the stage where Billy Preston and his band gave their lively performances. Large lighting rigs were employed to construct a ceiling for the two-story studio setup, and these vintage Mole-Richardson lights, now obsolete due to not being LED, had to be sourced from various parts of the country.