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Showing posts with label cinema. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cinema. Show all posts
Sex Kittens Go To College!
Speaking of Movies...
Based on Graham Greene's acclaimed novel, this tale of love and faith is a throwback to another era of film-making, one in which movies unfolded at their own pace, and the audience is not pandered to but instead assumed to be adult and intelligent. Director Neil Jordan does a straightforward job, allowing the nuanced performances of his able cast to evoke what the screenplay does not. Stephen Rea, Ralph Fiennes, and especially the radiant Julianne Moore make this well worth watching. Romantic and rainy, sexy and sad. Recommended.
Speaking of Movies...
We finally got around to seeing Volver, and absolutely loved it! Another twisted melodrama by Fabulon favorite Pedro Almodovar, this proves once and for all that Penelope Cruz is a fine actress when speaking in her native tongue. Great performances all the way around. If you haven't seen this, make sure you do!
Five Fabulon Faves
Here on Fabulon, the only way to judge a film---or anything else, for that matter---is by how fabulous it is. Below are a handful that absolutely MUST be seen by anyone aspiring to embrace their inner Fabulonian.
A cinematic celebration of fabulosity, this explosion of sound and vision is silly, fun, and operatic in scope. Wonderful performances by the lovely leads take Baz Luhrman's whimsy straight to the heart.
Divine decadence shaped into a flawless, adult musical by the great Bob Fosse. Every detail is perfect, as is the casting. And yes, this is why Liza Minnelli was born. She's been playing Sally Bowles ever since.
If you see only one film by Federico Fellini, make it Juliet of the Spirits. Truly an excercise in unbridled fabulosity. A meditation on the feminine mystique, and hats.
A homoerotic fever dream, Fassbinder's final film stars the beautiful Brad Davis as Jean Genet's anti-hero. Glittering and bizarre and unlike anything else.
Neely O'Hara! Helen Lawson! Dolls! Need we say more?There are so many great films out there (anything by Busby Berkeley; Diva; Hedwig & the Angry Inch) that choosing a few is no easy task. What movies do you think are Fabulon-worthy? Name five---but only five, bitches!---that are mandatory viewing for everyone here. We look forward to seeing them all!
Life on Fabulon
The above video documents an average day on Planet Fabulon.
Needless to say, Esther Williams is involved.
(Dedicated to Mr. Peenee!)
Farinelli
Ignore the plot and questionable acting. Farinelli is all about sound and vision. Sumptuous visuals and breathtakingly beautiful music make this film a must for fans of the fabulous.
Auteurs That Have Planet Fabulon Bookmarked
Gregg Araki, Pedro Almodovar (I love him), John Waters
Michel Gondry, Francois Ozon,
Tarsem Singh, Guy Maddin,
Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge! Forever) and Todd Haynes (xoxo)
Oh, you know they do!
(from Nathaniel R, the man in the director's chair guiding The Film Experience)
Who Are You Wearing?
Josh Duhamel
"no comment"
(what happens in Las Vegas...)
Rupert Everett
"alas poor Yorick"
Sandy Powell, The Greatest Costume Designer in the Known Universe
Watch your back Edith Head.
<--- Ms. Powell's got two of these. Pssst make them into drop earrings, Sandy. You know you want to!
May she win enough of those shiny nude men to fashion a whole dress of precious metals. Her Planet Fabulon Hall of Fame worthy credits include but are not limited to:
(for Derek Jarman and/or to the eternal glory of Tilda Swinton)
Caravaggio, Edward II, Witgenstein and Orlando
(for the genius of Todd Haynes)
Velvet Goldmine and Far From Heaven
(miscellaneous beautifications of the cinema)
The Crying Game, Wings of the Dove, The End of the Affair, Interview with the Vampire Shakespeare in Love and The Aviator
Moisturize
It's the number one beauty tip.
Do it enough and you'll be drowning in fabulousity.
Consider Kate Winslet.
[Nathaniel R from the Film Experience]
Natalie Portman
Her lucky number is 8
... ∞ in the boudoir if you must know.
[from Nathaniel R, reporting from that galaxy not so far away ...The Film Experience]
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Anna Magnani
"Women like me can only submit to men capable of dominating them, and I have never found anyone capable of dominating me."
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