Your comment on unreal colors reminded me of the movie "Angels and
Insects". While I think the cut of the women's dresses therein was
fairly accurate (mid 19th c, as I recall), the colors and patterns did
not appear to my slightly trained eye to be so, but I thought it was a
wonderful design choice since such colors and patterns followed the
insect theme. Clearly an example of how period costumes can be
successfully stylized to promote a concept.
Sylrog
On Oct 16, 2006, at 4:29 PM, Theresa Eacker wrote:
I guess you could throw a psychological spin on the show in that
underneath the public aspect of elegance and sophistication (as
typified by the outward attire the 18th century is famous for), the
private aspect is one of _____ (fill in the blank with own perspective
of the "reality" of 18c life), which could be represented by the
"unreal" colors of the clothes and make-up, partially torn away
garments, tattered edges, anomalies of behaviors of both the costumes
and characters. I think the comment, in Naples, by the
upwardly-mobile opera singer probably summed up the attitude of the
whole show: "...because we're all going to die..."...so what the
heck, let 'er rip!!!
Theresa Eacker
Land of Oz wrote:
I thought sure there would be several comments this morning! Are you
all too shocked beyond comment?
I think it was pretty clear in part 2 that the costumes (esp.
women's) were fantasy intrepretations, barely based on anything
historical. I have to admit that I loved the punk hair and the
"venetian blind" hoops in the scene from the party at Naples. The
story line was just a bit too twisted, but I suppose it all fit
together.
Even my daughter finally said - "What is with those costumes?! They
didn't really wear their make-up like that, did they?"
Denise B
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