DAZED & CONFUSED JAPAN – NOVEMBER 2008

NOVEMBER 2008

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MOVIES THAT INSPIRE DESIGNERS 

THE FIRST ONE THAT IMMEDIATELY COMES TO MIND IS 'PINK FLAMINGOS' BY JOHN WATERS. DIVINE REMINDS US ALL THAT WE CAN ALL BE GLORIOUS SELF-INVENTIONS. AND I LOVE THE MESSAGE OF CHEERFUL IMMORALITY AND NO BOUNDARIES. 

NEXT IS 'SALOME' DIRECTED BY ALLA NAZIMOVA, STARRING HERSELF IN HER FORTIES AS THE 15-YEAR-OLD PRINCESS WHO LUSTS AFTER A HOLY MAN AND AROUSES HER HORNY STEPFATHER INTO KILLING HIM FOR HER. A BLACK AND WHITE SILENT MOVIE YOU CAN WATCH WHILE LISTENING TO MONTSERRAT CABALLE SINGING THE FINALE OF THE OPERA 'SALOME.' BLACK LILY OVERDOSE ON PLANET AUBREY BEARDSLEY.
I LOVE PASOLINI'S 'OEDIPUS REX': WHITE, WHITE, WHITE SILVANA MANGANO WITH '60S EYELINER AND SHAVED EYEBROWS IN ONE -SHOULDERED BURLAP ROBES IN THE DESERT.
OF COURSE I LOVE CECIL B. DEMILLE'S 'CLEOPATRA.' EVERY SINGLE LITTLE DETAIL IS OVER THE TOP AND DRAAAAGGING SOMETHING OVER THE TOP BY THE TAIL OF ITS OVER-THE-TOPNESS.