Post #69271 by Atomic Cocktail on Tue, Jan 13, 2004 11:44 AM

...my wahine who is a junkie of such genre films claims the movie cribbed heavily from a doris day / james garner film.

i thought the vibe was generally accurate; the art direction was not really historically accurate - the clothes etc seemed more of a decade era than from a specific year. perhaps that was the intention, more of an homage than a re-creation...

I think the makers were influenced by a lot of films, Obviously, the Hudson/Day films (with Zellweger trying her darnedest at a breathy Doris Day impersonation) and such films as the 1966 Tony Franciosa/Ann Margaret "The Swinger" and "Boys Night Out" with Randall, Garner and Kim Novak from '62.

As far as being accurate, considering most American "period" films can't even get the decade right they did a pretty good job-at least they hit the 60's. Yeah, so maybe Astrud Gilberto's "Fly me to the Moon" wasn't out in '63 and Courreges "Space" designs were later. At least they made an attempt at period (and design wise it does all fit together.)

I was expecting to be under-whelmed at the least but was pleasantly surprised. I found the film to be a lot of fun (and Thank GOD! Ewan Macgregor didn't scream out songs as in "Moulin Rouge"!)

By the way, Daniel Orlandi the costume Designer on "Down with Love" just designed the upcoming "historical" film "The Alamo"

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-RevBambooBen-

[ Edited by: Atomic Cocktail on 2004-01-13 11:48 ]