clothing styling is an important aspect that cannot be ignored in a good movie. Good costume design can make a movie give people an extremely pleasant visual enjoyment.
Today, I will recommend a movie that combines costume aesthetics and narrative properly. won four awards for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay at the Australian Film Academy Awards.
It is a high reputation revenge movie-
"The Tailor"
This movie starring Kate Winslet , she plays a French master tailor (or a designer) in the film . Kate changed a total of no less than ten sets of outfits in the film, either formal, or casual, or gentle, or domineering. Each set of looks so beautiful that people can’t remove it.
Kate plays a very talented tailor Tilly. She returned to her hometown in Australia. While taking care of her mother Molly, she tried to dig out the truth about an accident in her childhood and at the same time bullied them. The villains in the town of the mother and daughter take revenge. However, in the eyes of the town residents, Tilly, who is out of place, is the real wicked woman.
"Tailor" tells the revenge of such a "wicked girl", and it is also a fashion blockbuster of magic realism. uses the ecology of a small town as a metaphor for the social structure. Under the absurd style, it is a true expression that touches the soul.
At the beginning of the movie, Tilly wore a high-definition dress designed by herself and carried a well-crafted tailor's suitcase. In the middle of the night, she returned to the hometown of Denggota, a small town where she had left many nightmare memories.
she slowly lit a cigarette and said to the town:
"I'm back, bastards." The words
set the tone of the movie's revenge.
Her appearance disturbed the illusion of peace in the whole town. In the town of Dengeta, there are elementary school teachers who tend to be inflamed, cold-hearted pharmacists, mayors who abuse power, and pretentious rich ladies...Everyone is kind and friendly on the surface, but in fact they are all pregnant and worried about Tilly’s Returning will reveal some old secrets.
Soon, the town of Denggerta and the next town held a ball game. When the game was fierce, Tilly appeared in a fiery red color and exquisitely tailored skirt, stunning the audience.
Deng Geta players on the field were all attracted by her graceful posture, began to make mistakes, and the score fell behind.
The residents of Denggeta Town were furious and gnashed their teeth and scolded Tilly for "shamelessness". During the intermission, Teddy, the captain of the Denggotta team, had to talk to Tilly. Teddy is Tilly's childhood friend and one of the few upright people in town, who often takes care of Tilly's mother, Molly, who lives alone. Tilly has always been grateful to him and decided to help him win the game.
So, Tilly put on a "battle uniform", a more eye-catching black skirt, and shifted the "battlefield" to the offensive side of the opposing team. Tilly is still applying makeup, and the opposing player has already whistled at her.
Facing Tilly's face temptation to crit, the opposing player began to make more crazy mistakes. Seeing her not looking at the ball, she frequently crashed into a ball and fell to the ground.
Under the strong interference of Tilly, the Denggerta team successfully won the game. The people in the small town cheered enthusiastically, completely forgetting the contempt and criticism of Tilly a few minutes ago, only when she did not exist. Except for one person, Sheriff Farat. He saw Tilly's "strategy" in his eyes, and couldn't help but sigh: "Genius!" When a reporter from the
newspaper wanted to take a photo of him and Tilly, he pretended to be upset and whispered to Tilly. "Kiss my face."
Sheriff Farat wears a police uniform every day due to work needs, , but he actually loves women's fashion in private, and loves sequins, lace, and needlework.
The first time he saw Tilly returning to his hometown, he couldn't help but ask: "Is it Dior that you wear?" It shows his keen sense of fashion. Every time Farat saw the excited look of cloth, it was so cute.
However, in this small town where gossip can drive lunatics, he can only be forced to conceal his little hobbies and pretend to dislike Tilly's dressing style in the public.
This ball game became the first battle Tilly won with clothes as weapons. The beauty in Tilly's body is a kind of power. That is a kind of creativity produced by knowledge and talents, which can change a person and the people around her.
Tilly has the cleanliness and sincerity that does not belong to this small town, so she attracts Teddy who can't integrate into the small town. The two got closer and closer, becoming a safe haven for each other to escape the atmosphere of the town.
However, the most urgent purpose of her coming home this time is to find out the truth about her past. In the
movie, flashbacks of dark and gray memories appear constantly, suggesting that she was involved in the death of a little boy when she was a child and was treated as a suspect, so she was driven out of the town.
For so many years, Tilly has always been called a "murderer" in her heart, thinking that she is a cursed person. But she can't remember exactly what happened that year. Therefore, Tilly does not hesitate to continue to use her superb tailoring skills as a means to unearth the truth from this small town and restore her image in the hearts of the townspeople.
Under Tilly's skillful hands, the sloppy and inferior grocery store girl turned like Cinderella and captured the heart of the rich boy as she wished.
The housewife who has been controlled and violated by the mayor's husband all the year round also shined with Tilly's transformation and became the focus of the party.
Gradually, all the people in Denggeta town put on unique clothes made by Tilly.
However, these clothes with a strong sense of design and maverick style do not seem to belong to this barren land at all, and the absurd contrast between people and the environment is very dazzling.
Tilly’s mother, Molly, regained her agile mind under the care of her daughter, and pierced her daughter’s unrealistic thoughts: "Keep making them skirts and make them think they are beautiful, but they will still hate you. "
Indeed, the grocery store girl began to instigate Tilly and belittle her at will, and the mayor’s wife counted her husband’s faults on Tilly’s head.
Tilly can help kind people get their beauty back, but they can't change the ugly heart.
Finally, with the help of Teddy and Sheriff Farat, Tilly discovered the truth of the year. It turned out that the death of the little boy was indeed an accident, but Tilly became a victim of the power struggle among the adults and was driven out of the town as a scapegoat.
Poor mountains and rivers come out of troublesome people, and the townspeople who grow like maggots are always chewing each other. The kind people are squeezed to the edge, but the wicked are in power.
Back then, the indifference and selfishness of so many people caused Tilly to be driven away, and the mother and daughter were scattered between the two countries; but in the end, only Sergeant Farat, who was also the victim, was willing to atone for the sidelines of that year. It's ironic, but also very realistic. Because the wicked do not reflect, only the good will be tortured by conscience.
Sheriff Farat finally had the opportunity to disregard the strange eyes of others and put on his favorite gorgeous costume. Only this time, he went to the police car. The moment he pays tribute to Tilly in a funny and dramatic way is awe-inspiring.
Not everyone has the courage to face the mistakes they made, and not everyone has the courage to sacrifice everything now to make up for the mistakes of the year. In his behavior, has an extraordinary spirit and vigor.
Tilly finally figured out that she did not bear the curse of a "murderer", nor did she need the forgiveness of this rubbish town.
So, a fire burned her heart knot for many years. She got on the train leaving home and never returned.
"The Tailor" is adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by the Australian female author Rosalie Ham. Directed by the Australian female director Jocelyn Moorehouse, it is a very Australian film. 's strong team of female filmmakers brings a female perspective that hits the pain point in the film.
Kate Winslet's performance conveyed everything the director wanted to express. She is sometimes arrogant and strong, unwavering in her stand; sometimes she shows her wounded and fragile side, revealing her inner fear and doubt in front of someone she trusts. The subtle change when the mother-daughter relationship between her and Molly gradually eased, was especially touching.
In addition to Oscar actress Kate Winslet, the supporting roles of are also excellent actors, creating a solid and credible group portrait.
plays Molly, the old drama bone Judy Davis , has won two Oscar nominations, in the film is amazing. Although Molly was old, weak and mad, she was extremely tenacious mentally and did everything to protect her daughter.
Tilly’s lover, Teddy, played by Liam Hemsworth . In the film, he generously showed the ancestral devil figure of the Hemsworth family, and his blue eyes made Kate unable to stand it.
Of course, there is the most brilliant supporting role- Hugo Weiwen played by Farat Sheriff. He showed all the contradictions in Farat, showing his gentleness and delicacy as well as his pride.
"Tailor" is like a social fable, each character is a microcosm of a group of people in the real class. clothing has the power to change people's destiny, but no matter how good clothing is, they cannot change people's hearts.
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