At 12:44 PM -0400 9/23/06, Catherine Olanich Raymond wrote:
> And "King Arthur" with Clive Owen, Keira Knightley in blue paint and
> leather bra,
Beats me why they seemed to think she was a Pict. :-)
Beats me why they seemed to think a Pict would have worn an outfit
apparently inspired by the female lead in the science fiction film
_The Fifth Element_!
Other, of course, then the general modern movie fashion for basing
historical film costuming on sf/fantasy costuming. (In my opinion, a
study of the development of historical movie/tv costuming can't be
done without considering and covering the developments in fantasy
film/tv costuming -- most modern historicals owe more to Xena Warrior
Princess and the like than any historical research for their
costuming... And by this I really do mean there is a connection, not
just that the costuming isn't as historically accurate as it could
be.)
Sharon
PS I can understand why they think a Pict would wear blue paint --
they're wrong, of course, but so many people are wrong on this that
one can understand why yet another is also wrong...
--
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