Celluloid Threads

A material history of cinema through outfits and objects of interest.

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“Simple Men (and Women)”

Amateur (Hal Hartley, USA, 1994)

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“Joan Bennett”

Secret Beyond the Door (Fritz Lang, USA, 1947)

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“Epic Fail”

Life Partners (Susanna Fogel, USA, 2014)

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“Sinéad O’Connor”

Hush-a-Bye Baby (Margo Harkin, UK, 1990)

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“Fashion Dynasty”

The Wild Life (Art Linson, USA, 1984)

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“3D glasses”

Clouds of Sils Maria (Olivier Assayas, France/Germany, 2014)

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“Bunzo”

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, USA, 2014)

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“Mother Truckers”

Rich Kids (Robert M. Young, USA, 1979)

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“The Green Beret”

The Green Ray (Éric Rohmer, France, 1986)

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“Like a Zombie”

Miss Zombie (SABU, Japan, 2013)

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“A Girl and a Gun”

Peking Opera Blues (Tsui Hark, Hong Kong, 1986)

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“Shooting the Breeze”

They All Laughed (Peter Bogdanovich, USA, 1981)

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“Pamela Pearl”

Times Square (Allan Moyle, USA, 1980)

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“Peggy, Mrs. Morehead, Edith, Little Mary and Lucy”

The Women (George Cukor, USA, 1939)

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“Mary, Crystal, Sylvia, Flora and Miriam”

The Women (George Cukor, USA, 1939)

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“Aurore Clément (in bed)”

Les rendez-vous d’Anna (Chantal Akerman, France/Belgium, 1978)

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“Cathy O’Donnell (in bed)”

They Live By Night (Nicholas Ray, USA, 1948)