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Cinematic Analysis: Some Like It Hot Marilyn Monroe

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Everyone knows Dorothy’s iconic dress from the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz. Even If you haven't seen the film, the sight of a little girl in a blue checked dress and sparkly red heels would conjure images of a yellow brick road and the emerald city. Or how about Indiana Jones. How many young men have put on a brown leather jacket and tied a whip to their sides in hopes to emulate one of the most famous adventure heroes in cinematic history? Movies are created to transport audiences to different times, universes and far-off lands. Along with CGI, cinematography, acting, and set design, costume design has a critical role in every movie to have graced the big screen. Yet the art of costume design is rarely recognized in its entirety. …show more content…

In the 1959 romantic comedy, Some Like it Hot Marilyn Monroe’s breasts and backside are prominently featured throughout the movie. The purpose of her character, Sugar Kane, is to serve as the sensual love interest for Tony Curtis. It is important to note that the film is set in the 1920s and while Monroe’s costumes reflect the speakeasy showgirl style, her dresses are highly sexualized. This reflects the costume designer’s goal of highlighting Monroe’s sexuality as opposed to maintaining historical accuracy.

Whether it’s to differentiate one group from another, bring out a character’s personality, or show the nuances of two character’s relationships, color always takes an important role in the development of a costume. Most people have a basic understanding of color motifs but often fail to recognize a color’s significance within the context of a costume. Take for instance the age-old black and white contrast. It is mostly used to show which character is good and which is evil. An easy example of this is Edward Scissorhands. Edward is always in black except when he is in a domestic setting when he wears white to blend in with the townspeople. The town is swathed in Easter Egg pastels, which contrasts with Edward’s harsh, all black, steampunk style. To the town, Edward is dangerous and his outward appearance shows his deviance …show more content…

The T-Birds in Grease, Tyler Durden in Fight Club, and Indiana Jones all sport iconic leather jackets, each saying a different thing about their individual characters. The T-Birds jackets are as shiny and slick as their hair, highlighting their 50s greaser aesthetic. Tyler Durden’s maroon leather jacket gives him and unconventional flamboyant look that also says, “I can kick your teeth in if I want to.” Indiana Jones’ jacket is worn and battered to match the rest of his rugged appearance. See? One fabric, many different

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The costumes represent the rank in society for these characters. An example is Desmond, who wears extravagant clothing showing she has money. Mostly, throughout the film, she wears black clothing, which represented her sadness, and anger of accepting her time in Hollywood that ended many years back. Another example, Gillis, who in the beginning wears lower class clothes because he cannot afford anything else. Eventually, he becomes a gigolo and ends up wearing expensive suits that many people cannot afford.

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Each character had a color theme assigned to them which developed the audiences’ attribute of that particular character. A minor character, Maurice wore white for a majority of his scenes which conveyed that he was innocence of the main plot. One of the antagonist Julian, wore browns and greens, which secured this character as unscrupulous and as a jealous person. The investigator Loren Visser’s suit was yellow-green, it produced a feeling of an agitated state of mind towards that character, and which amplify this character’s deeds and words. Ray and Abby’s costumes were a blue tint color.

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In many cases, women need to pay more attention to their public image than men. When most women go out, they will check whether their clothing has any flaws. And they usually spend several times than men before they leave because they need to prepare and slick up for a long time. Figure 1 shows the photo of the cast of Disney’s Big Hero 6. In this picture, male stars ' clothing is very similar, such as a black suit, black tie, and black shoes.

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For example, Burton made Edward, in Edward Scissorhands, to be very pale , and in dark clothing. While everything else is colorful. Burton does this, because he feels that no matter what the family does to Edward he will always be different. This adds to the audiences understanding that outsiders do not need to be changed. Just accepted for who they are.

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The setting of the movie in a classic suburban community around the 1950’s. The community aims for perfection in a way, that nothing odd is okay. That is why the mansion, where Edward Scissorhands has got residence, is a spot of dirt of the picture of perfection the community is trying to show. The color scheme makes the good versus evil theme very clear in the movie, in the way there is a clear contrast between good and evil. For example, the ‘good’ of the movie is shown, when we see the colors of the characters and the surrounding area.

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Both Hamlet and his mother appear in a carefree apparel in this chaotic scene. Hamlet’s wrinkled and not completely buttoned white dress shirt and undone black bowtie can represent the ‘unraveling’ of his stability. Gertrude is dressed in a long black wrinkled robe and tossed around hair matching her heartbroken and darkened mood after finding out the truth of King Hamlet’s death. The motif of white and black clothing is seen again when Polonius’ body falls from behind the arras, showing him in a sharp black and white tux. This color choice symbolizes the contrast of light and dark, or good and evil, that is constantly used throughout the films costuming as well as scenery, props, and

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