Friday, January 30, 2015

SMOKE

 "The most precious things are lighter than the air." Paul Auster wrote in his book "Smoke" that later became a film.
 If  the slang term "Bogart"  is used .to mean to keep something all for oneself, thus depriving anyone else of having any, derived from the last name of famous actor Humphrey Bogart because he often kept a cigarette in the corner of his mouth, seemingly never actually drawing on it or smoking it.
  How can we imagine  femmes fatale as Marlene Dietrich often portrayed with a cigarette in his hands or Rita Hayworth in "Gilda" and Uma Thurman in "Pulp Fiction" without a cigarette between his fingers? How would it be possible to describe the character of Zeno Cosini without his last cigarette!    In the last month in Italy circulates the absurd idea by  Minister of Health to prohibit the use of cigarettes in movies and fiction. Obviously some filmmakers have replied: "What sense does limit the actions of a fictional character? Artistic expression hasn't the mission to educate "

 « Le cose più preziose sono più leggere dell'aria.» così scriveva Paul Auster nel suo libro Smoke poi diventato anche un film.
 Se in slang il termine "Bogart" viene usato col significato di condividere, deriva proprio dal cognome dell'attore Humphrey Bogart il quale teneva spesso una sigaretta all'angolo della bocca senza apparentemente volerla fumare.
Possiamo immaginarci Femmes fatale come Marlene Dietrich perennemente ritrartta con una sigaretta tra le mani  o Rita Hayworth in Gilda e Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction senza la sigaretta tra le dita ? Come sarebbe possibile raccontare il personaggio di Zeno Cosini senza la sua "ultima sigaretta"!
 In Italia da un mese a questa parte circola l'idea assurda da parte del ministro della salute di vietare l'uso delle sigarette nei film e nelle fiction. Ovviamente alcuni registi si sono rivoltati: “Ma che senso ha limitare le azioni di un personaggio immaginario? L’espressione artistica non ha la missione di educare”
ph.Jeanlup Sreff-Harper's Bazaar 1964
Tippi Hedren by Philippe Halsman 1962
Marlene Dietrich
Catherine Deneuve by Helmut Newton
Coco Chanel by Horst P. Horst
Lisa Fonssagrives by Irving Penn 1949
Sophia Loren

Linda Evangelista by Helmut Newton


ph.Irvin Penn 1949
Sheila Terry
Angelina Jolie
Kate Moss
Candice Swanepoel by Steven Meisel
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Claudia Cardinale

Helena Christensen by Peter Lindberg
ph.Helmut Newton
Isabella Rossellini
Jean Moral "Femme a la cigarette" 1930
Kate Winslet
Keira Knightley
Lauren Bacall
Madonna
Monica Bellucci in "Malena"
Marilyn Monroe
Nadja Auremann
Naomi Combpell
Naomi Watts

Natalia Vodianova
Natasha Poly
Penelope Crutz
Charlotte Rampling
Piper Perabo
Romy Schneider
Rita Hayworth
Scarlett Johansson
Sasha Pivovarova
Brigitte Bardot
Sharon Stone

Sophie Marceau


Stephanie Seymour
Uma Thurman in "Pulp Fiction"
Jean Seberg in "A bout de souffle"
Vanessa Paradis
Audrey Hepburn in  Breakfast at Tiffany's
David Bowie and Liz Taylor
Sally Mann

Thursday, January 29, 2015

SAINT LAURENT-COLLECTION XVI

SAINT LAURENT PARIS SESSIONS
FALL-WINTER 2015
COLLECTION XVI
JANUARY 25 2015
Dark atmosfere for a goergeus beatniks collection, Hedi Slimane is a fucking genius! The whole collection, from beginning to end, is supreme.


 MUSIC FROM “MYSTERE” WRITTEN AND COMPOSED IN BRITTANY FOR SAINT LAURENT “PARIS SESSIONS” SHOW.
 “ME SUIVE” WAS WRITTEN BY MARLON MAGNÉE, SACHA GOT AND SAM LEFÈVRE FOR “MYSTERE”.




 BEATNIKS INSPIRATIONS