Modern Film - Vintage Fashion

[scotrace]

That'd be onacounta it's spelled "Seabiscuit"

 

[Feraud]

Maybe I just don't watch enough movies. I suppose there are hundreds of Golden Era period pieces being made these days.

Sadly there are not hundreds of these movies being made. More like a handfull per year.

The two films you mention are good for the costumes. Others include Hollywoodland, Tucker, The Avaitor, and O Brother, Where Art Thou?

 

[BegintheBeguine]

A new one will be on network television

A movie set in the 1940s will be shown on CBS Sunday January 28, 2007. It is a Hallmark movie called The Valley of Light. The costumes look good in the commercial. I won't be able to watch it, however, as I will be in Las Vegas.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

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A thread on De-Lovely here.


Another thread here.

Seabiscuit

 

[Miss Neecerie]

I read that as SeaBisquick......which is decidedly something different...pancakes made with sea water perhaps...

 

[JazzBaby]

I'm not sure about accuracy or anything but as far as beautiful costumes in modern films I like: Chicago, Moulin Rouge, Quills and Cabaret [kind of modern...]

Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes look incredible in Schindlers List. Almost distracting...

 

[HadleyH]

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I'm now watching "De-Lovely." It's maybe not quite as good of a movie as "Sea Bisquit"---and that's not saying much---but I am liking the outfits!

Anything with Cole Porter's music is well worth my time His music is the best, fantastic melodies, witty lyrics, the most catchy songs of the 20th century really "Let's Misbehave" "Night and Day" "EveryTime We Say Goodbye"
"You Do Something to Me" "Too Darn Hot" "I've Got You Under My Skin"...........want more????
Oh! and the costumes are good too.

 

[carebear]

"The Newton Boys" has that Texas/Oklahoma look down.

I have no idea of the overall accuracy but I can watch Jennifer Connelly in "The Rocketeer" all day.

 

[LadyStardust]

I thought The Pianist did a pretty swell job on the whole--costumes & feel of a particular group in that particular era..

 

[Fletch]

Uhoh...The Browns

I can tell right off the bat that the designer on The Pianist had a case of The Browns. That's when you achieve an Old-Timey look that even simpletons can catch on to by styling interiors, costumes, etc. in drab medium greys and browns, with only small flashes of color.

Reality has never been sepia toned.

 

[LadyStardust]

I don't think that was so much the case, of cheap re-creation. The movie has a very sombre color scheme throughout, as it should, because it does take place in dark, depressing situations/setting...concentration camps, ghettoes, secret rooms, shelled out buildings...the movie wasn't trying to pretend reality was "sepia toned", it was just a reflection of its situation.

 

[BJBAmerica]

Tucker

I always thought "Tucker" with Jeff Bridges captured the look and feel of 40's fashion from both a sartorial standpoint as well as an automotive one, of course.

Great, overlooked film.....If you haven't seen it, it's well worth a rental.

 

[Kim_B]

Lost in Yonkers
The Natural
The Illusionist

And of course The Aviator, O! Brother Where Art Thou?, and The Notebook.

 

[Amy Jeanne]

Even though these movies aren't super-recent, they still have a VERY GOOD 1930s look and feel to them:

Cabaret (1972) - I was happy to see no trace of the early 1970s when I watched this movie!
Annie (1982) - Everything is perfectly 30s, even down to the white shoes on the extras!
Victor, Victoria (1982) - With the exception of some of the men's hairdos, I thought they did a pretty good job portraying the 1930s.

Also:
Man Of The Century (1999) - Not the film, but the character of Johnnie Twennies was spot on!
Shadow Of The Vampire (2001) - I had a huge crush on John Malkovich after leaving the theatre!! Something must have been done right for me to swoon him!
The Cat's Meow (2002) - I found this pretty historically accurate for costumes, sets, and OF COURSE the music. I like how they used actual mono jazz from the 20s.

 

[poetman]

A wonderful film, both in cinema and fashion: An Affair to Remember. It is based off of a Grahm Greene novel, and Ralph Fines is a superb actor.

 

[Doctor Strange]

poetman, I believe you mean "The End of the Affair". Excellent film.

("An Affair to Remember" is the old Cary Grant/Deborah Kerr classic from the late 50s!)

 

[J. M. Stovall]

I don't think anyone has mentioned "The Hudsucker Proxy". Gosh I love that movie!

"When you're dead, you stay dead. Don't believe me, ask Waring Hudsucker."

 

[CharlieH.]

While not a period movie per-se, Brazil also has some great 40's costumes. That is, of course if you pay no attention to the cops and the Central Services uniforms.

 

[poetman]

poetman, I believe you mean "The End of the Affair". Excellent film.

("An Affair to Remember" is the old Cary Grant/Deborah Kerr classic from the late 50s!)

Yes! I'm sorry about that! An Affair to Remember is the movie to which I am referring.

 

[Merlin]

Reality has never been sepia toned.

I agree, but I have to say that Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, while not a true-to-life depiction of Golden Age fashions, was a damn good lookin' movie!

I always thought "Tucker" with Jeff Bridges captured the look and feel of 40's fashion from both a sartorial standpoint as well as an automotive one, of course.

Great, overlooked film.....If you haven't seen it, it's well worth a rental.

Tucker is a classic (though every time I see Jeff Bridges, all I can picture is "The Dude"...). Wouldn't it be nice if one of the cars was available for rental? Droool. . . .