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Screen Muse
A few months ago, I was reading Swan Diamond Rose’s post about Seduced & Abandoned a film by Italian director Pietro Germi the stills she picked are just stunning, and so inspirational, it’s probably the post I think about when linking film and fashion. I love film, it’s such a beautiful way to tell a story, so inspirational. I love the visual treats and escape from reality that I can only really get from sitting in the cinema watching a really great film.
Film has become a personal resource refining my visual language, particularly in recent times when Poiret is at the Met and Gatsby is on the runways. I guess, I could just take my inspiration from inspiration… if that makes any sense, or I could look straight to the source… Luckily, the 12th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival is happening this weekend. I love the film festivals at the Castro Theatre, like the Noir Film Fest in January… it’s required to see at least one per year. But I’ve never seen a silent film, only read about them, and seen stills. It would be nice to take a peek into an era long past. I mean, even my grandparents are too young to have watched silent films in the cinema (they were born in the mid-1920’s) And my great grandparents? They are long gone. So I guess, nothing really quite ignites the imagination than time and beauty. If you want to know what I’m doing this weekend, I’ll be at the Castro Theatre eating popcorn & diet coke for dinner.
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I would join you in a heartbeat. I used to live in foggy old SF. I wish I still lived there because we could hang out, go shopping and be BFF.
-Grace
hee hee it sounds wonderful, you don’t mind hanging out with an old hag such as myself!
: )
at the end of july the castro theatre is having a fashion in film festival. perhaps also up your alley!
oh, i love the silent film festival, i went in 2004 when they had the anna mae wong film - the one where she’s a woman of questionable morals - so good. i’m around the corner, so i’ll probably pop on by on sunday to catch a flick or two.
btw: on the subject of film/fashion have you seen the cassevetes film, ‘broken english’? parker posey’s wardrobe is very covet worthy.
oh my… the castro theatre has so many reasons just to camp out and live there… i am so going to see the fashion in film series.
i have not seen broken english! i just got my new dvd player, so i’ll check it out!