the social design: SNOW DANCE FROM "MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA" (2005)

Welcome to the social design: loose lessons from the stylized representation of the social in cinema and print. A blog very often about the interior design, fashion, social manners, and music created for and reflected in vintage cinema and print. Especially from the Sixties and Seventies, especially Italian, and especially from swingin' party scenes. We're awfully big on disco hippies and the OpArt accent here. Guaranteed, of course, to wander off on the occasional tangent into (maybe?) related subject matter, with plenty of tongue-in-cheek commentary for your consideration along the way. Comments are welcome, so please consider yourself invited...

Friday, January 21, 2011

SNOW DANCE FROM "MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA" (2005)

#8: TEMPER AUSTERITY WITH THE TEMPESTUOUS FOR A CAPTIVATING EFFECT. FAILING THAT, GO WITH A GREAT SHOE.

Well, no one is going to say this isn't the best scene in the entire film. Ziyi Zhang takes the stage as the geisha Nitta Sayuri in 2005's "Memoirs of a Geisha" - and takes all the attention, as well. This wild, unbridled, sort of physio-poetic conveyance of a sudden storm makes for a highly compelling contrast to the otherwise very controlled ethos of the geisha. And of course those giant platform shoes are fabulous otherwise. Why are these not on the American market?

Friday, January 21, 2011

SNOW DANCE FROM "MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA" (2005)

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