Nocturnal Animals: a tasty combination between fashion and cinema
The other day I had the pleasure to see "Nocturnal Animals", designer Tom Ford's Opera Prima. I was mostly curious to see if his cinema was as elegant, sophisticated and stunning as his suits. Personally I like his designs very much. They are original, yet stark and classical, not too extravagant but still somehow with a unique vision.
Well, "Nocturnal Animals" is no exception.
First of all I would like to say that I really enjoyed the story of the film. However, since it is based on a novel I think its originality, which resides in the combination reality-fiction and life-novel, can be more related to the author of the book ("Tony and Susan" by Austin Wright).
Nonetheless, Ford is able to adapt a complicated storyline and a clearly literary narration to the big screen with a visual power that can only be done with a large background in art and fashion. The movie starts with a stunning, detailed and visually immaculate montage. After that delightful introduction we have the story, whose driving force is not the dialogue but the actual pulsing scenes, combined and selected in a very specific way so the spectator can both understand and admire the tale. Just like his designs, the setting of those scenes is serious, with a lot of color and light contrast. The fictional storyline and the real storyline are incredibly well separated, also by visual factors such as color, light, clothing, transitions, photography...
I also think that the cast was very well selected: red sets of hair and melancholic looks... apart from the obvious talent, of course.
It is possible to adapt a literary narration to the cinema using visual elements to do so, images in motion can be great story-tellers, and art, whether it is fashion, cinema, literature..., can still be mixed, mingled and agitated for everybody to enjoy. This film is an example of this.
Well, "Nocturnal Animals" is no exception.
First of all I would like to say that I really enjoyed the story of the film. However, since it is based on a novel I think its originality, which resides in the combination reality-fiction and life-novel, can be more related to the author of the book ("Tony and Susan" by Austin Wright).
Nonetheless, Ford is able to adapt a complicated storyline and a clearly literary narration to the big screen with a visual power that can only be done with a large background in art and fashion. The movie starts with a stunning, detailed and visually immaculate montage. After that delightful introduction we have the story, whose driving force is not the dialogue but the actual pulsing scenes, combined and selected in a very specific way so the spectator can both understand and admire the tale. Just like his designs, the setting of those scenes is serious, with a lot of color and light contrast. The fictional storyline and the real storyline are incredibly well separated, also by visual factors such as color, light, clothing, transitions, photography...
I also think that the cast was very well selected: red sets of hair and melancholic looks... apart from the obvious talent, of course.
It is possible to adapt a literary narration to the cinema using visual elements to do so, images in motion can be great story-tellers, and art, whether it is fashion, cinema, literature..., can still be mixed, mingled and agitated for everybody to enjoy. This film is an example of this.
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