Here are the facts. This movie is directed by Terry Gilliam (the marvelous fellow behind the stoner classic Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), stars the lovely and enchanting model Lily Cole (who you can see here in an older post on photographer Tim Walker), and features Heath Ledger's final performance. Not enough to convince you to shell out 10 bucks to go see it now in theaters? Let me try to convince you visually.
Honestly, Lily Cole's outfits are enough to make this movie on their own. Everything was marvelous, from her silk floral embroidered robes to her lavish on-stage costumes.
I think I've found a new career path... traveling sideshow mistress.
Since moving back home with my family for winter break from college, I've been longing for a place of my own. Even if that place was this fairy-tale fort from "The Dreamers." I could fit everything I needed there: cozy pillows, some warm blankets, cheap wine, and maybe even someone to canoodle with. I miss having candles like this too. Ah, well. Soon enough I'll (hopefully) be living with Tiger Lily and Scarlett. I sense many forts in the making.
Ah, this movie. I'd love to do this same thing to my walls, or even just a door or two. What an amazing thing, to feel something with such conviction that containing it in a journal will just not do. Her poem is quite beautiful.
"Thousands of birds, the tiniest birds, adorned her hair. Everything was gold. One night the bed caught fire. He was handsome and a very good criminal. We lived on sunlight and chocolate bars."
I have a feeling this blog is just going to become a place for me to rant about all of my little obsessions. So here it goes...
I am crazily in love with this movie even though I'm hardly half way through watching it, thanks to the Fashion Institute of Technology's crazy workload. "Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll is a small obsession of mine, but the Disney cartoon never really did much for me. This film is by Czech surrealist, Jan Svankmajer. Simply, it's a big mess of awesome. Makes me want to grab a video camera and make something as beautiful and creepy as I can.
"You must close your eyes or you won't see anything"
