Screen Image: How to recreate 10 important movie makeups
Cinema is an endless source of not only knowledge and emotions, but also aesthetic impressions, and make-up and make-up often become an important part of the character's image and make him recognizable. Moore Sobolev remembered ten films in which the make-up played an important role for the heroines and heroes, and picked up the means with which to repeat the remarkable arrows and feathers.
"The Devil Wears Prada"
The Devil Wears Prada, 2006
The book by Lauren Weisberger and her subsequent film adaptation are scolded for the romanticization of work in a glossy press (seriously, if we were handing out designer clothes on each editorial staff, our lives would have played with new colors). The transformation of the protagonist Andy from the “nerd” to the “beauty” with the help of clothes and make-up has a dubious ethical implication - but in one of the movie scenes it turned out to convey a feeling familiar to many of those who paint on the face: when you pick up a brush and re-invent again. To present yourself as a New York journalist with perspectives, it is enough to take a good voluminous mascara.
Cleopatra
Cleopatra, 1963
Cleopatra by Elizabeth Taylor is a great source of inspiration for lovers of luxurious makeup. Strong, bold, not afraid of color and metallic textures: the brilliance of gold outfits and pins that Taylor wears in the film would be enough to illuminate the whole city. It changes the make-up, but regardless of the hue of the shadows (canonical blue or olive-gray, like on a poster), the sequins and broad heavy arrows drawn along the lower eyelid to the temples remain unchanged. The Egyptian queen does not tolerate half measures - and if we repeat such makeup, then there are no shading: only long, clear lines of eyeliner and a large, noticeable glitter over any shadows.
"Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961
The cinema image of Holly Golightly, beautiful and unhappy, has been popular for decades. Quotes and posters were spread not only as if the slightly unfinished replicas of the heroine Audrey Hepburn ("How do I look? ...") and the canonical elements of her wardrobe (pearl thread, massive dark glasses, turquoise sleep mask), but also the scene where Holly is painted . The main elements of her make-up are huge eyelashes and peach lipstick. As Golightly says of the unpleasant news, "a girl cannot read this without lipstick."
"Hunger"
The Hunger, 1983
The opening scene of the great vampire film - close-ups of David Bowie's dark round glasses and Catherine Deneuve's dark-red glossy lips, blowing smoke into the space of a gothic club where Bauhaus sings their main anthem, "Bela Lugosi's Dead". According to the laws of the genre, Deneuve’s mouth should be blood-red, but Scott’s film bypasses such boring cliches well - Miriam has a gloss on his lips, which, however, doesn’t look too innocent on her.
"Pulp Fiction"
Pulp fiction 1994
For some reason everyone remembers Mia Wallace with cherry lipstick (even Urban Decay calls her name a deep cold red hue), which the heroine Uma Thurman does not seem to wear in the film at all. Lipstick from Mia, like the trendsetter of the 90s, has a soft gray-brown color, which can be clearly seen on the poster and in the twist scene known to everyone. But really cherry lacquer. Rather, it is “the color of dried blood” —that was how they called Chanel Vamp (in Europe, the color goes under the name Rouge Noir), which appeared in the same year as the film, and which wears on the nails of Mia Wallace.
"Casino Royale""
Casino Royale, 2006
We often think that Smokey-Aes is a “fatal” make-up, but in classic cinema femmes fatales, a smoky make-up is not so common - they are too busy with their adventures. One of the exceptions and the really vivid representation of Smokey on the screen is Vesper Lind performed by Eva Green from the Casino Royale, 21st James Bond film. It is not clear who influenced whom - Vesper on Eve or Eve on Vesper: the actress loves Smokey in everyday life and is not afraid to combine them with bright lipstick.
"Suicide Squad"
Suicide Squad 2016
A psychotic doctor with a diploma, a criminal, one of the suicide squad and a victim of dangerous love, Harley Quinn with his multi-colored make-up and fashionably tinted hair became the main theme of the video lessons of the last year. On one eye, Harley wears bright blue shadows, on the other - almost scarlet, and adds thick red lipstick to the composition. The makeup of the former psychiatrist is always smeared, but artistically and only in one direction - it suggests that the heroine Margot Robbie does not neglect the spray fixative.
"Blonde in law"
Legally Blonde, 2001
El Woods, like Reese Witherspoon who embodied her on the screen, refuted sexist stereotypes before it became mainstream. Dressed in a pink blonde lawyer paints her lips in the color of fuchsia, raises a small dog and attends Harvard Law School - all with the same success. And since the wearing of pink began to turn into an almost political statement, the image of El Woods runs the risk of regaining relevance.
"Rocky Horror Horror Show"
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975
To this horror comedy you can almost feel free to use the word "cult", which is forbidden in decent magazines: both images and songs from the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" have become part of popular culture and are recognized instantly. In 2015, the MAS released a large limited edition collection dedicated to the anniversary of the film - funds from there, of course, are no longer sold, but the image of Dr. Frank and Ferter with his red lips, traced eyebrows and black matte shadows are forever in our hearts (and Pinterest boards).
The Tenenbaum Family
The Royal Tenenbaums, 2001
Wes Anderson is handsome in everything. From the Grand Budapest Hotel, which looks like a gingerbread house, to a tiny tent on the beach, which is put by children running away from home in the Kingdom of the Full Moon. From the swollen, sad inventor Steve Ziss to Margot Tenenbaum, the writer in a creative and personal crisis, is also not particularly cheerful. The heroine of Gwyneth Paltrow in 2001, many smart young girls dreamed of becoming when they grow up: a perfect smooth hairstyle, a thick black pencil around the eyes and deep talent hidden inside.
Photo:Twentieth Century Fox, Jurow-Shepherd, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Miramax, Columbia Pictures, Atlas Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures