Category Archives: Film costume
The Man’s Fedora Hat, and Its Narrative Role, As Seen on the Heroines of Ozu, Godard and Sautet
Romy Schneider in “Max et les Ferrailleurs”, 1971 A bleak, dark detective story that taps into noir, Claude Sautet’s Max et les ferrailleurs is more than a “policier” film. It draws two fine character studies: Michel Piccoli’s Max, a … Read More
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This Summer We’re Channelling: Grace Kelly in “Rear Window”
One evening this summer, when a cool breeze was starting to push the heat from the earlier scorcher into more bearable a memory, we watched Rear Window in the garden. I have watched it on repeated times throughout the … Read More
Talking Costumes in Wim Wenders’ “Paris, Texas”
“Once I was driving to a screening for Paris, Texas, Wim Wenders recalls in his book Einmal, “with Harry Dean Stanton in an incredibly long limousine. Even in the middle of New York, Harry was still Travis, sitting in the back of his brother’s car and driving silently through the desert.” Read More
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Read Instead…in Print
“An actor’s shirt has to be made out of the same material as his face.” – Andrei Tarkovsky
In the book Costumes for the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, costume designer Nelli Fomina recounts her contribution to world cinema classics Solaris, The Mirror and Stalker.
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Denim on Film: Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future
Michael J. Fox in “Back to the Future”, 1985, directed by Robert Zemeckis. Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment When the stars align, or, more realistically speaking, when the many moving parts that create a film work in perfect harmony, a … Read More
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