S/S 2015 Inspiration/Review.

Only Lovers Left Alive
Review/Inspiration 

I was utterly captivated by the whole film and I defy that others won’t be equally as passionate with the visual and audio effects. Personally I was engorged by the whole movie. I took a lot of inspiration for my Collection. From the sets strewn with Persian rugs in a dilapidated mansion in Detroit, to the bright false lights of a modern hospital and then to Tangier, with white washed walls contrasted against the black sky. The music, which entails a mixture of soothing Moroccan instruments with undertones of rock, strangely, marries one another perfectly. Combining the old with the new, heavily laden with entwining cultural references, creating a dangerous and enticing soundtrack.

In one scene, which I found the most captivating, due to its calm like state with low lighting in complete stale darkness was where the two main characters relax together in their vampiric lair, and are shown slumped over decrepit furniture, deep under a euphoric high from the blood, o negative, which they caroused from a sherry glass. On the gramophone, plays a mournful tune, but not so cheerless that it changes the mood of the scene entirely. Over this hum, the gentle chatter of the two lovers contrasts heavily, as they reflect on the last thousand years of each other’s lives.

Culturally stimulating, set against night and dark seedy rooms, it felt unnaturally calming and peaceful, there is no sense of rush or woe, just happiness of living and feeding of one another’s intellect and awe on how their world is crumbling as the modern world collapses around them.

Tilda Swinton’s Character, Eve, plays a very strong, simply elegant vampire. Having seen the world, multiple times, her view on it has not changed. She finds hope and enlightenment in any scenario whilst keeping her naturally captivating and enchanting poise throughout the film. This is the type of woman who I would want to wear my clothes. Strong, dark, kind and effortlessly refined.

I also took colour palette inspiration from this film, whites and creams with flashes of burgundy all submerged in black.

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