your favorite stylish moment on a movie?
It is not a cinema film, but a film any, first broadcast in 1978: the double DVD Edward and Mrs. Simpson featuring the events leading up to the King Edward VIII's abdication in 1936.
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned Frank Capra's Mr. Deeds Goes To Town. There's a great sartorial scene in the movie where Deeds is being attended to by a couple of tailors during a fitting for suits in their basted form. Gary Cooper is at his understated best as he's being fuzzed over. Cast your mind back to the first fitting you had with a tailor. Bet you reacted exactly the way Coop does in the scene. In the following scene
Deeds is stepping out for the night dressed in a beautifully tailored dark double-breasted three-piece suit. He puts on a longline double-breasted Chesterfield and a smart fedora, all of which attest to a perfect ensemble.
You just can't beat the tailoring of leading men in movies made in the 1930s! Better than illustrations, m'thinks, because you can see how a man in well-cut clothes should move. The same could be said of leading ladies. Pity the current crop of actors and actresses haven't a clue how to cross a set properly. It's grace versus klutz. No contest, really.
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Deeds is stepping out for the night dressed in a beautifully tailored dark double-breasted three-piece suit. He puts on a longline double-breasted Chesterfield and a smart fedora, all of which attest to a perfect ensemble.
You just can't beat the tailoring of leading men in movies made in the 1930s! Better than illustrations, m'thinks, because you can see how a man in well-cut clothes should move. The same could be said of leading ladies. Pity the current crop of actors and actresses haven't a clue how to cross a set properly. It's grace versus klutz. No contest, really.
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I can't pinpoint an exact moment, but Daniel Craig cuts quite a dash as 007 in most of Casino Royale, as I recall. It's a return to form for Bond - the description Fleming gave of Bond's clothes in one of the books (quoted here at some point, though I can't recall where) is almost a little primer for how to dress in a quietly stylish way.
yes, Daniel Craig on casino royal, in the hotel room dressing and at the table playing, also him walking to his car.
i guess on style he can't beat Pierce Brosnan for obvious reasons, but he did the best he could for a man his size.
i guess on style he can't beat Pierce Brosnan for obvious reasons, but he did the best he could for a man his size.
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Heh- I think he CRUSHES Brosnan for style.santy567 wrote:yes, Daniel Craig on casino royal, in the hotel room dressing and at the table playing, also him walking to his car.
i guess on style he can't beat Pierce Brosnan for obvious reasons, but he did the best he could for a man his size.
That scene with the tux in the hotel room... Pause.... "it's tailored..."
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The Officer in Bridge Too Far remarking to his Batman about packing his evening wear for the Airborne assault, was, in the film LtCol J.D. Frost. In reality it is more likely to have been made by LtGen "Boy" Browning, who established a reputation as a natty dresser in his early days in the Guards. BTW he was married to Daphne du Maurier, the prolific writer who gave us a little film called "The Birds" directed by Mr. Hitchcock and my wife's namesake.
that's insane Brosnan is a real James bond, you should see him when he was younger, wearing sunglasses and scarfs, the problem was those suits on the 90's were not as good as they are now.
but he is obviously more attractive to women than Craig.
Craig looks like a wrestler, never smiles. he doesn't seem to enjoy being 007. but his tailors seem to be doing a good job fitting him.
but he is obviously more attractive to women than Craig.
Craig looks like a wrestler, never smiles. he doesn't seem to enjoy being 007. but his tailors seem to be doing a good job fitting him.
Borsalino(1970) - Alain Delon , Jean Paul Belmondo ...THE WHOLE MOVIE ,
For the ones who haven't watched it ..run to your video stores !
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For the ones who haven't watched it ..run to your video stores !
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Well- I disagree (I rank Brosnan's bond pretty lowly) 100% but that's for a different thread.santy567 wrote:that's insane Brosnan is a real James bond, you should see him when he was younger, wearing sunglasses and scarfs, the problem was those suits on the 90's were not as good as they are now.
but he is obviously more attractive to women than Craig.
Craig looks like a wrestler, never smiles. he doesn't seem to enjoy being 007. but his tailors seem to be doing a good job fitting him.
So back to Sartorial moments. I do really enjoy the moment in The Incredibles with the Edith Head spoof.
Brosnan stylish movies:
1. golden eye
2. tomorrow never dies
3. Thomas crown affair
4. tailor of panama
5. matador
Craig stylish movies:
1. Layer cake
Now Brosnan bond movies were horrible, just as bad as the new ones. but when he said his name James Bond. it sounded believable, i know it's silly. but movies are suppose to be entertaining. Craig is not like any other 007, he is a tough guy. a brute Willis.
1. golden eye
2. tomorrow never dies
3. Thomas crown affair
4. tailor of panama
5. matador
Craig stylish movies:
1. Layer cake
Now Brosnan bond movies were horrible, just as bad as the new ones. but when he said his name James Bond. it sounded believable, i know it's silly. but movies are suppose to be entertaining. Craig is not like any other 007, he is a tough guy. a brute Willis.
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And more as intended. Brosnan was the end of what had becomne a silly exaggeration full of one-liners.santy567 wrote:Brosnan stylish movies:
1. golden eye
2. tomorrow never dies
3. Thomas crown affair
4. tailor of panama
5. matador
Craig stylish movies:
1. Layer cake
Now Brosnan bond movies were horrible, just as bad as the new ones. but when he said his name James Bond. it sounded believable, i know it's silly. but movies are suppose to be entertaining. Craig is not like any other 007, he is a tough guy. a brute Willis.
But arguing Bond is a lot like arguing politics.
Interesting choice, I like this film and it's sequel as well. Marseilles gangster chic...yialabis wrote:Borsalino(1970) - Alain Delon , Jean Paul Belmondo ...THE WHOLE MOVIE ,
For the ones who haven't watched it ..run to your video stores !
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(sorry, I should have posted it in another thread).
(sorry, I should have posted it in another thread).
the wide brim hats of David bowie in the man who fell to earth, are becoming my favorite scenes.
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