The top 5 most stylish movies that aren't about fashion From The Matrix to Woody Allen, a list of late summer titles
Once back from holidays, many will start preparing for school or for a university career that will probably take them an another city. For those who have decided (or are considering) enrolling in a fashion school, the advice is to immediately adopt the approach typical of all creative work: start drawing as many ideas and cues as possible from every cultural sphere. Cinema, for example, is a fundamental inspiration for expanding one's cultural database and developing one's personal taste through an in-depth study of aesthetics and storytelling. And is there perhaps a better time than summer to update your film list while increasing your preparation? So here is a collection of 5 titles to watch during the last weeks of August if you are about to start a course in a fashion school. Certain that, together with two cult films that we present at the end of the selection, great classics such as The Matrix, Marie Antoinette and Annie Hall will prove useful right from the first lessons. Not to mention exams.
Annie Hall (1977)
Considered to be one of the best feature films ever, In the Mood for Love is a romantic film entirely directed by Wong Kar-wai with meticulous cinematography by Christopher Doyle. Inspired by Liu Yicahng's novel, Intersection, the award-winning director tells the story of two apartment blocks living in 1960s Hong Kong - during the collapse of the colonial empires, who fall in love after discovering that their own spouses are lovers. But all of a sudden Mr Chow (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) and Mrs Chan (Magghie Cheung) drift apart and are lost for a few years despite constant attempts to find each other. Then some coincidences bring them one step closer to meeting. In the meantime, Magghie Chung's costumes, from traditional Chinese dresses to the long blood-red trench coat, take centre stage, enriching the narrative with sensations and details along with the suits and ties worn by Tony Leung Chiu-wai. Pierpaolo Piccioli called Valentino's latest autumn-winter collection In the Mood for Love.
