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This nightmare-inducing rabbit named Frank haunts Donnie (Jake Gyllenhaal), the troubled teen in the supernatural thriller-turned-cult film, Donnie Darko ( 2001). Continue reading Eye On Design: Frank the Rabbit Costume from Donnie Darko
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In 1988, film director John Waters created a new level of shock by making a family friendly, PG-rated movie. Set in 1962, two years before the Civil Rights Act, Hairspray centers on Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake), a self-identified “pleasantly plump” teenage girl, who attempts to racially integrate a teen dance show.
Continue reading Pink Thing of The Day: Tracy Turnblad’s Roach Dress from Hairspray
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If you consider yourself to be any kind of fan of film director John Waters — his movies, his art, his overall outlook on life — then you need to head to Hollywood to check out the Academy Museum’s career-spanning exhibit, John Waters, Pope of Trash, which I was fortunate to see just before Christmas.
Continue reading Pink Thing of The Day: John Waters Crocheted Sock Doll in Pink Suit
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A human woman falls in love with an Amazonian amphibian man in Guillermo del Toro‘s fairytale The Shape of Water (2017), winner of the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Directing. While the creature character appears to be modeled from precursors such as the Gill Man from Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954), and Abe Sapien from del Toro’s own Hellboy (2004), and Hellboy II: the Golden Army (2008), the Director made him attractive and soulful, and believable as a romantic lead.
Continue reading Eye On Design: Amphibian Man Suit from The Shape of Water
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Most of the props, sets, costumes, and models from the film 2001: A Apace Odyssey (1968) were intentionally destroyed by Director Stanley Kubrick to prevent their reuse in other productions; this surviving Aries 1B Spaceship Model is a rarity.
Continue reading Eye On Design: Aries 1-B Spaceship Model from Kubrick’s 2001