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Snowpiercer: Q&A with Costume Designer Catherine George
Chances are you have not seen Snowpiercer yet due to its limited availability and release fiasco. If so, skip this interview and watch the film first. Go in clean, because Snowpiercer really is as good as everyone’s telling you. Based on the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige, it is essentially a dark (often literally) sci-fi thriller about a perpetual motion train carrying the last remnants of society after a global ice age. Themes of cruelty, disparity and sacrifice abound, and strong, sometimes horrific visual references bombard the screen. The exceptional costume design by Catherine George ties all this together in a way that is readable and indicative, yet never threatens…
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National Treasure 2: Diane Kruger’s Costume Quest
Judianna Makovsky demonstrates that contemporary fashion with a plot is far more fun than a flick through Vogue.
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Pollock: Ed Harris in Paint Splattered Denim
Jackson Pollock spawned a thousand imitators in the art world when he chose to work in denim jeans.