Film Making Museum Coming to LA
Design and Desire is very excited to learn from SFGate.com, the San Francisco Chronicle’s Web site, that the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is collaborating with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on the development of a museum dedicated to film making. The article states that while there is no definite timeline, it is hoped that the project could be completed within three to five years. A former May Company department store building located on Wilshire Boulevard is slated to become home for the new museum. Read the entire story on SFGate.
Keep following Design and Desire; we’ll post any updates on the museum’s progress as we find them.
Albert C. Martin & S.A. Marx, May Company Department Store Building, Los Angeles (1939). Photo credit: Anne Cusack (AP)
Source: http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2011/10/07/dd-MovieMuseum07_0504296407_part6.jpg
Audrey Hepburn’s Classic “Modern” Style
Actress Audrey Hepburn was one of the great movie trend-setters of the Twentieth Century. Today we’re sharing a post on Miss Hepburn’s unique style from Modernist Today:
“The classic timeless beauty of Audrey Hepburn, coupled with the elegant and modernist styling of her many fabulous costumes, are now being appreciated by a new generation. Many iconic images of Ms. Hepburn have been seen in some new places, introducing her iconic images to legions of new fans.”
Funny Face Audrey Hepburn (1957). Photographer uncredited.
History of Title Design
If you’ve been following this blog, you know that Design and Desire’s two favorite topics are design and film, so any material that combines design with BOTH film and history is a huge hit here!
Ian Albinson has edited a smashing video on the history of film title design as a presentation video for the SXSW “Excellence in Title Design” competition screening. We just had to share.
Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011)
Andy Warhol. Liz Taylor, Lithograph (1964). 21 5/16 x 21 5/16 in. Cleveland Museum of Art.
Source: http://www.usc.edu/schools/annenberg/asc/projects/comm544/library/images/786tn.jpg
Miss Taylor’s obituary on CNN.
A tribute to Elizabeth Taylor on Classic Movies Digest.
Fashion in Films of the Thirties
As the Oscar ceremonies are behind us and the classic film festival Cinefest will be held in Syracuse, New York this month, it seems quite fitting to post a link to an excellent classic cinema related article that first appeared on Wearing History. The costumes of several iconic 1930s films such as The Women and Roberta are discussed, as well as those featured in some less well known movies as Artists and Models Abroad (1938).
Poster for The Women (1939), director George Cukor.
Source: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0X4NhY5UCAM/TUds_3P9-DI/AAAAAAAABpQ/y6AEUOsOWME/s320/the+women.jpg
