Category Archives: Modern Film
Great Gatsby Movie Mansions Help to Preserve Architecture, “Ceaselessly into the Past”
Yesterday, the mansion that likely inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald to write The Great Gatsby, in 1925, was demolished. The possibility of demolition has had journalists and bloggers talking for a few months now. The mansion was in Sands Point, New … Continue reading
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The Dragon Tattoo and Swedish Wallpaper
When this film started, I had no way of knowing how much I would get wrapped up in it! (I had a similar experience with the book too.) The story is excellent, the acting is amazing, but it was the … Continue reading
Filed under Foreign Film, In the Cinema, Modern Film
2011 Academy Awards – Art Direction
In one week, The Academy Awards will be airing on ABC. Over the course of the evening, fashions will be discussed and awards for acting will be handed out, but my favorite part will be finding out who will win … Continue reading
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Talk to Her …and sit in this chair.
Here’s a quick one. After writing a previous post on Pedro Almodóvar, I decided I needed to see all his films. My latest one is Talk to Her (Hable con ella), and just like the others before it I was … Continue reading
Filed under Double Takes, Foreign Film, Modern Film
The Brothers Bloom meets The Bauhaus
About two months ago I saw a great movie called The Brothers Bloom and of course, out of no where, BOOM!, design. I was happy to spot a dining table surrounded by Bauhaus style chairs. My first thoughts turned to … Continue reading
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Sleepless in Seattle & the vague term of Egg Chair
I remember watching Sleepless in Seattle when it came out in 1993 and thinking Jonah had the coolest chair I’d ever seen – and that was it. But now, watching it again as an adult and as a follower of … Continue reading
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Vampires Have Style
Here’s the entry I didn’t think I would ever do. And then once I saw the movie and spotted famous designs, I spent as much time as possible avoiding writing this entry. But, I can’t deny that the Cullen’s house … Continue reading
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Wimbledon
It’s no coincidence that when I saw this movie I was instantly taken by Peter Colt’s parents’ house. I had just moved back to the US from the UK where I spent a year travelling around with my graduate school … Continue reading
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