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CLOCKWORK ORANGE
EYES WIDE SHUT
BARRY LYNDON
LES VAMPYRS
All Andrew Blake Films


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Agree wholeheartedly with Brideshead Revisited, The Great Gatsby and the Red Shoes!! Also, in general with the Carry Grant oeuvre (although the some of the stuff he wears in the Philadelphia Story is a bit rum.) Less tastefully, I also like the over the top velvet in F for Fake, and Richard Gere's get up in the film of Chicago! Even less tastefully and slightly disturbingly Triumph of the Will, Salon Kitty and the Night Porter also do something for me. As we have talked of Brideshead, did anyone see the dramatisation of A Dance to the Music of Time that was on a few years ago? And as, I think, having gone from Waugh to Powell if we continue we must end up at Proust – I have yet to see Time Regained with Catherine Deneuve? I imagine both could have had some fine costumery moments. How about Bond Movies or M (by Fritz Lang not the Bond Character – bowler, leather coat and gloves: terrifying)?

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tmn - I certainly agree about Philadelphia Story. I saw it for the first time over Christmas and was very disappointed with the sluggish pace of the film, with Ms Hepburn's frumpy style and especially with CG. The only time he looked any good IMO was early on in the movie in a DB chalkstripe suit. I actually much prefer the 're-make' High Society in which Grace Kelly far outshines Ms H as Tracy Lord.
Time Regained is not a favourite of mine. I think if you have read Proust any dramatisation will be at odds with your own imagination....even so I would like to track down Swann in Love with Jeremy Irons as 'young' Swann.
Trot


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Also watched Bande a Part over the hols. Great dance scene! Not sure about the rest of the film. We Brits always struggle a bit with French films and I struggled with this one. Why, for example did Odile wear the same clothes every day? Wasn't Arthur a bit too dowdy? May be I am missing the point.....
Trot

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Agree about High Society. I saw it on stage at the Shaftsbury Theatre last month; Gerry Hall was indisposed, but judging from the notices, that was no great loss. An enjoyable production - the family loved it. Saw The Philadelphia Story over the hols too, held some charm, though I'm not sure whether it was just memories of the show being rekindled as I recall finding it a little dull on previous viewings. Grace Kelly certainly makes a far more convincing Tracy Lord, I find Katherine Hepburn a handsome woman, but the Tracy Lord character needs to be breathtakingly beautiful, which Princess Grace certainly is.
Also, getting back “on-thread,” if we’re including TV shows then how about The Avengers?


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Originally Posted by Trotsky Also watched Bande a Part over the hols. *Great dance scene! *Not sure about the rest of the film. *We Brits always struggle a bit with French films and I struggled with this one. *Why, for example did Odile wear the same clothes every day? *Wasn't Arthur a bit too dowdy? *May be I am missing the point.....
Trot Yeah, I see what you mean. As I said, it is not my favorite Godard either...and plot or consistency is not to think of. He treats the story rather nonchalant, letting the caracters recite it from the book sometimes, using voiceover somewhat unconventionally, all on purpose of course. *But I like it due to a few scenes I find irresistable: the dance scene mentioned, the scene just before that when they are getting Odile drunk, and the scene when they run through the Louvre (re-used in the miserable nostalgia/"young sexual development"-drama Dreamers by Bertolucci from 2003 -- appologies to anyone who liked it). And -- spoiler spoiler -- Arthurs death scene, although it is very ridiculous, in the context I think it´s quite funny, but that´s me
And you are right...on a second thought it far from qualifies in the "Best dressed" cathegory. They are all wearing things that are too big or a bad fit, and they don´t really seem to bother. I guess, more correctly, I like what the clothes and the styles do to the film, the way they work in, for example, Ghost World or Gummo, and none of those would fit in the "well dressed" cathegory either.
Bellmondo and Jean Seeberg in Breathless, on the other hand, work perfectly on their own.

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Originally Posted by Vinterdroppe [quote author=Trotsky link=1129713539/15#23 date=1136375323]Also watched Bande a Part over the hols. *Great dance scene! *Not sure about the rest of the film. *We Brits always struggle a bit with French films and I struggled with this one. *Why, for example did Odile wear the same clothes every day? *Wasn't Arthur a bit too dowdy? *May be I am missing the point.....
Trot
Bellmondo and Jean Seeberg in Breathless, on the other hand, work perfectly on their own.[/quote]
Hi Vinterdroppe
I think that is why I was a little disappointed in Bande a Part - that is what I was expecting.
I shall view it again and try to look at it through your eyes. As I say, we Brits, being brought up on an unwholesome Hollywood diet, sometimes have to work hard to appreciate films from such a different genre. But we do agree that it is not the Most Stylish
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"How To Marry a Millionaire", with Marilyn, Betty Grable and my personal favorite, Lauren Bacall.

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Originally Posted by Mercury CLOCKWORK ORANGE
EYES WIDE SHUT
BARRY LYNDON
LES VAMPYRS
All Andrew Blake Films
Those three from the top, absolutely. Stanley Kubrick is my all time favourite director.
I have to admit that I truly admire Cruise`s outlook when he`s wandering in the streets in EWS. How can shiny leather-gloves look so appealing!!?

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I'd have to say The Matrix! Tight leathers, armani suits, trench coats, stylish sunglasses.......wow!