And I'm seeing for the 1st time the "Bleak House" with Gillian Anderson. I liked very much the Diana Rigg version. This one is much "bleaker"...babba bing. Everyone looks great, but it's all too grey and dreary so far. I know much of it is SUPPOSED to be but part of that is the contrast with the not so dreary places. Everywhere is grey in this production so far. Gillian looks great [and is quite good, but I expected her to be], still there is something about her look....I can't put my finger on it... The Deadlock's world should be posh and expensive and full of the things that everyone wants, but at the same time empty and cold. All that Victorian brickerbrack should somehow appear unsatisfying. So far it's just dark. And the weird sorta space-age transitions...swoosh! Wassup w'that? But I've got a long way to go so I don't want to be hard on it. It's really quite good in spite of my vague complaints. I also saw for the 1st time "Gangs of New York". Boy...Leo does nothing for me and Cameron Diaz....shudder! Still, Daniel Day Lewis is as usual amazing. I like the costumes. I didn't mind the strange mix of oriental stuff when they're in the oriental circus. And the upper crust ladies and gents look fantastic....though there are few of those. I liked the color put into the gangs, and the dandy look of the leaders. This is just a notion taken from today's gangs rendered in period. And since the thing is a fairy tale....even though it used a few historical events...a little imagination doesn't bother me. I just like Sandy Powell's style, and that's all there is to it. I should go watch "Orlando" and "Velvet Goldmine" again.... _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
