Author Archives: classiq
Colour and Costume: Jane Fonda in The Morning After
I like the atmospheric, colourful density provided by L.A. in The Morning After, interspersed with sunlit vast open spaces. It’s part of the storytelling. Because form follows function. Sidney Lumet wanted to use saturated colours because “living in Los Angeles was part of the debilitating influence on the character played by Jane Fonda. I wanted all colour exaggerated: reds redder, blues bluer.” Read More
in Film, Film costume
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Read Instead…in Print
“Beautiful journalism”, John Huston said about Lillian Ross’ book Picture. What I believe Lillian Ross captured first and foremost, and so well and effortlessly, was that rare quality that John Huston had for looking at and making art with enthusiasm and curiosity but without intellectualisation. She was able to capture the essence of the artist, with his many facets, just by reporting the facts. Read More
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Leaving Space for the Reader’s Imagination: Interview with Marianne Dubuc
”Le lion et l’oiseau” (“The Lion and the Bird”). Marianne Dubuc If we had the courage to trust our imagination, to leave things unexplained, to find our own answers, to accept the mystery of not knowing everything, to constantly … Read More
in Art, Books, Children’s illustration, Interviews
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Editorial: Keep the Sweat Off
photo: movie still, Luke Wilson as Richie Tenenbaum in “The Royal Tenenbaums” | Buena Vista Pictures The Editorial: thoughts, short stories or essays about the world of cinema It’s clay season! So let’s talk tennis in film. Wes … Read More
April Newsletter: On Authenticity. In Films and Real Life
It’s refreshing to read someone say what he thinks without restraint. It’s a joy to read a great artist. Woody Allen’s Apropos of Nothing is hilarious and irreverent, full of amusing quips and snide remarks, like his best scripts. It’s been a long time since I enjoyed an autobiography so thoroughly. A lot has to do with his brilliant writing and self-deprecating humour, of course, but most of all with his honesty and authenticity. Read More
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