Fairy-tales

[DosViolines]

Another great movie based on fairy-tales is "The Company of Wolves".
Here's a plot description from nytimes.com:

PLOT DESCRIPTION
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Company of Wolves is Little Red Riding Hood for the Alien generation. Sheltered 13-year-old Sarah Patterson, living on the edge of a foreboding woods, is visited by her grandmother Angela Lansbury. The old lady delights in telling Sarah the most horrific stories, usually involving what happens to little girls if they trust wolves--the actual, rather than symbolic kind. Later on, Sarah sets out through the woods to visit her grandmother. She makes the acquaintance of a seductive young huntsman (Micha Bergese), who turns out to be.....well, what big teeth he's got. The ads for Company of Wolves, would further develop some of the subliminal themes in showing a wolf springing from the open mouth of poor little Sarah Patterson, were warning enough for the faint of heart. Actually, the horror is secondary to the remarkable Grimms-Fairy-Tale ambience which the film successfully sustains from beginning to end. And, in keeping with the original unexpurgated versions of most fairy tales, the sexual subtext is never far from the surface. Director Neil JordanCompany of Wolves in his 1994 production Interview with the Vampire. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide[/font]

And some screenshots from: http://www.evolver.at/site/review.php?id=12228

The illustration is from http://www.georgeunderwood.com/graphics/inthecompany.html

 

[stilista]

^^ those screenshots look really interesting DosViolines!

 

[DosViolines]

You guys should check out http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/index.html
It has everything on fairy tales, like illustrations, history, modern interpretations, etc.

Here are some illustrations of Little Red Riding Hood by Jennie Harbour, circa 1921. I wanted to post them because imo you could see the art deco influence in it: the clean lines and the flapperesque outfit And does little red have a bobbed haircut?

Illustration are also from surlalunefairytales.com

 

[Estella*]

those are incredible, dosviolines!
you should pay a visit here
http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25554

 

[DosViolines]

^ Thanks Anna! Love the thread

 

[ank9]

omg, dosviolines, i absolutely love that surlalune site...it's like a trip to my childhood
makes me wanna search my bookshelves and maybe scan a few pics

 

[vix123]

DosViolines thanks for all the pics and articles karma for you
this is a great thread btw!

 

[fourboltmain]

Has anyone ever seen the Wizard of Oz ad campaign with Dorothy in a white convertable clutching some kind of bag?

 

[ank9]

Here goes, Russian fairy tales and Jean Paul Gaultier a/w 05-06 HC

Pics from my favourite childhood books:

and pics from vogue.co.uk:

 

[ank9]

and maybe this Tsumori Chisato dress

**EDIT: PIC DELETED. MISSING CREDITS.**

 

[ank9]

Does anyone remember the Chanel no.5 ad from a few years ago? The one directed by Luc Besson and featuring Estella Warren as LRRH? I tried to google it but didn't come across any pics.
Maybe somebody else can post ome of these images...

 

[DosViolines]

^ Nice pics and illustrations ank9

I was also wondering about that Chanel ad. Does anyone have any pics of it?

 

[DosViolines]

From the nytimes.com article I placed in post 23

An over-the-top banquet is in full swing, but the heir to the kingdom, an ever-so-handsome prince, is not eating. ''I was thinking how odd the world is,'' he confesses. A pal laments, ''They say it will stop turning.'' No, says our prince, ''the fairies will never let it happen.'' This deliciously hopeful moment is just one of many memorable passages in Jacques Demy's 1970 movie, ''Donkey Skin,'' one of the kookiest, most vibrantly colorful pieces of celluloid to ever come out of France. The film has become such a cult favorite among artists -- it stars a singing, jaw-droppingly gorgeous Catherine Deneuve and was recently re-released with a restored print (overseen by the director Agnes Varda) -- that I predict it's only a matter of time before it crops up as an inspiration in fashion. How can designers resist a plot in which the heroine asks for a dress the color of the weather -- and gets it? John Galliano, do I hear you taking out your scissors?

Here are some screencaps form the above mentioned movie:

frenchculture.org

mondo-digital.com

american-buddha.com

jclarkmedia.com

 

[Scott]

Those are utterly beautiful stills,DosViolines Such haunting imagery that is...with the wolves and everything...I love it!

Welcome to tFS,btw,DV*

 

[DosViolines]

^ Thanks Scott!

 

[softgrey]

wow dos...
thanks for that...i was intrigued by the article you posted...
i never imagined it would look like that...

catherine deneuve has certainly made some interesting career choices...
...

 

[DosViolines]

Another movie based on fairy tales is "Labyrinth" with Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie. I that movie!

I've found some really great screencaps @ american-buddha.com:

 

[travolta]

i love this thread. great posts and pics everyone!

 

[travolta]

return to oz

http://www.ultimatedisney.com/countdown2/20.jpg

 

[DosViolines]

I've found more screencaps from "The Company of Wolves" (source: http://www.tanfana.net/company/)