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Autumn de wilde director8/14/2023 This movie was very well done though, so I definitely feel a positive grade is warranted. I've never been interested in movies like this unless they broke new ground and made a fresh new spin as The Favourite did in 2018. Fans of stories from this time period that are prone to liking movies like this from time to time will probably love this film, because all the elements that these movies usually bore me with are extremely well done, admittedly. This brings me to whether or not you should watch the movie in general. Being in the business as a production designer for over 25 years, Kave Quinn did some great work here. Movies like this simply don't work unless the production design is flawless and this film was pretty close to perfect in that regard. I felt like I was transported back into the 1800s, which is no small feat. Her, along with the supporting cast of this movie, all do a great job in sucking you into this time period. With that said, Anya Taylor-Joy as the titular character was fantastic, as she always is.Īlthough I haven't seen tons of movies featuring Taylor-Joy in a meaty role like this, I have to admit that her being in a film does pique my interest. This made for a slightly frustrating experience for me, as I wasn't too fond of her actions. In particular, she complicates things with her friend Harriet (Mia Goth) when she convinces her to make certain decisions. Becoming too involved in certain areas, she begins to disrupt those relationships. follows Emma Woodhouse (Anya Taylor-Joy) as she observes the ongoing relationships of her friends and family. Here's why you'll probably love this movie if you're into these types of films, but also why it won't win you over if you're not.Įmma. Although I will be admitting some great things about this film as a whole, I personally found it to be average overall. Based on the Jane Austin novel of the same name, of which I have never read, I went into this film blindly, as I haven't even seen the previous adaptations either. For that reason alone, take this review with a grain of salt. Times notes, at a Victorian umbrella shop in London after requesting its “weirdest cane.Films that have an elegant feel and take place hundreds of years in the past usually don't draw me in. De Wilde’s uniform, meanwhile, is decadent and lavish she describes it, simply, as “a mix of Paddington Bear and Oscar Wilde.”ĭe Wilde is 49 now and uses a cane for arthritis, but of course it’s not just any cane it’s modeled after one once owned by the French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and it unscrews at the top, where a vial of Japanese whiskey and shot glasses are hidden. I too am a uniform person, but this mostly involves jeans and a Uniqlo T-shirt. Where do I begin with these clothes? She’s obviously a masterful, elegant dresser, one who subscribes to the uniform doctrine. “De Wilde, who is six feet two, wore a plum-colored Borsalino fedora (“I was re-upping my hats, and Bill Nighy helped me”), a high-collared pink blouse, a dark A-line jacket, a mango Prada Galleria bag, navy trousers, pink socks, and black oxford shoes.” Photo: Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Imageīehold this description of a casual de Wilde look from The New Yorker: She’s the unofficial photographer for Rodarte, the work of which she’s documented since the brand’s inception in 2005, and she is even responsible for this Childish Gambino album cover: Reilly to Robert Pattinson to a pin-up Lena Dunham. Emma is her first feature-length film, but she’d actually spent the past few decades as a prolific celebrity photographer, shooting a bizarre menagerie of famous people, from John C. Her look is defined by fine, comfortable things velvet slippers, wide-brimmed felt fedoras, and custom-made suits by shops in Brooklyn I have never heard of.Īs I scrolled through her Instagram in the wee hours of the morning, I immediately became enraptured and soon realized that Autumn de Wilde is also not your average Hollywood director. There’s something in her posture - proud, ramrod straight, unflinching - that suggests a baroness or mid-19th-century silk tycoon she embodies a sort of elevated taste that people (me) aspire to have but are too dumb and inexperienced to imitate. When you first see Autumn de Wilde, you know she is not a regular person. I was curious about how Emma’s aesthetics came to be, which was how I came upon its director: a woman named Autumn de Wilde. I hadn’t seen a period movie look so tasty since Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette in 2006, which with its campy Versaillian milieus - all frosted cakes and feathered muffs - thoroughly enchanted me.
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