February 2010
Movie Style: Gangs of New York (2002)
theessentialman:
Film: Gangs of New York Year: 2002 Director: Martin Scorsese Costume Director: Sandy Powell Style: 19th Century America. Dandy. Skin tight tailored frock coats, drain pip pants, oversized hats, mixed patterns, prison stripes, uber-saturated palettes with shocks of bright color. Raw edged coats and pants. Brown leather everything, exaggerated proportions (hats, shirt lengths,...
Oscars: How a big win for "The Hurt Locker" could... →
annahinks:
With The Hurt Locker now having all but vacuumed up the year’s critical acclaim, and with Avatar having just this week become the top-grossing domestic movie of all time, Avatar vs. The Hurt Locker is an awesomely symbolic race (and not just because James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow were once married). It’s a clash of size, values, popularity — of essential notions of What Movie Art...
