"My sister and I are recharging, after morning shopping and tacos, for our 2 mile stroll through the landscaped paradise of shoulder-to-shoulder Spanish colonials, olive trees, succulents, birds of paradise, oh my!"
Right. And then I crack open Vanity Fair's Hollywood Issue and fixate on this goofy yet alluring image:
Babses Walters and Streisand circa '76 with the latter's ex-hairdresser, Jon Peters, VF's subject and the driving force behind this head-scratcher of a remake:
A Star Is Born (1976). Did you know they wanted Elvis Presley for Kris Kristofferson's role as the addled, has-been rock star? The King may not have filled out KK's white bellbottoms in just the same way, but DUDE, imagine those two divas on screen together. Regardless the movie makes up for its plot gaps and pipe dreams (Streisand as lead singer in a funk-soul girl group called The Oreos??) with style bigger than both stars' hairdos. And now I not only want to live in California, but in a paneled Gothic revival mansion with graffiti on the walls and a boom boom pillow room to boot:
Persian carpet, '40s rattan chair, plaid throw, crochet doily, potted palm, and amplifiers against a hanging tapestry. YES. Here's where it starts hitting the fan (undying love and affection to anyone who can find a full clip of Kris going bats*** in the manse):
Check out the plaster ceiling before Esther (that's the end of her name on the wall) smashes all the liquor bottles! Chicness. And let us not forget the wardrobe:
Chokers and floppy hats need a comeback -- utter the word "Blossom" and you'll get it worse than John Norman Howard in a red Ferrari.
Mexican blanket ponchos, turbans, meander patterns!!! Ageless and evergreen INDEED.
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I don't really even know what this post is about, aside from that movie, but I like it. It's hysterical. Boom boom indeed.
ReplyDeleteTommy boy, it's style. A stream of unconsciousness, but always about style. I'm just glad you like it!
ReplyDeleteIn need of a little sunshine myself, I'm game for a Mexican blanket poncho to keep the chill away after sunset. That said, it's bound to be spring eventually. Don't do anything foolish.
ReplyDeletehow funny -i just wrote about how stylish the 1954 version of this movie is with Judy Garland in a post on Monday! It's the week for a star is born! I do love that Gothic house.
ReplyDeleteThe best and of course the worst is the house in the desert. The cheapest and worst excuse for a real house. Although, I think I do remember liking Ester's apartment.
ReplyDeletethis is a great one, oh so better with about 30 years behind it! I have always been crazy about Shampoo-based somewhat on Jon Peters, not to mention Julie Christie.
ReplyDeleteI always liked the interiors of the Judy Garland Star is Born. I want to own a house someday and redecorate based on everything in that movie. Yes, I'm insane. But Hollywood is influential--what can I say?
ReplyDeleteYES to Miss Lisa. The Judy Garland version has Wormley sofas and an early Barcelona chair and all sorts of Modernist goodness.
ReplyDelete(Babs is always most wince-inducing when she attempts youth culture--see: duets with Barry Gibb, Donna Summer, recent gig singing "We are the World"...)
Dude, you rock!
ReplyDeleteSometimes all I want is to move to California and live in a groovy bungalow with a sunken living room. But then I remember that my friends living there got IOU's from the gov on their tax returns this year and I say...bummmerrrr. I'll stay in this ice box.
ReplyDeleteNo No No No California is the best. I read too many issues of Domino mag (RIP) and woke up one morning in my uptown co-op and said Honey We Must Move to Los Angeles. Best decision ever. Now I live in Laurel Canyon and eat dinner en plein air 10 months a year. However we did just get a HUGE bill since our house is sliding down the hill. But no matter, I'm renting the Didion-Dunne Star is Born, thanks Nick.
ReplyDeleteMost traces of Didion & Dunne are gone from the final script. "Even though Peters eventually fired them and hired a handful of other A-list rewriters, the couple got credit..." (from the VF story)
ReplyDeleteGreat...I just want to go bat**** crazy and graffiti some walls now....even if they're not gothic revival panelling. How fun would that be?
ReplyDeleteI am embarrassed to admit that I totally do what Amy does on almost a daily basis to all my freezing cold friends on the East Coast.
ReplyDeleteIt's become an irresistible pastime to ask what they're up to and then list the activities I'm doing along with what I'm wearing to subtly (or not) communicate, "That's right, it's warm enough to be outside doing ___ wearing ___."
It's self-justification, though.. I do love the weather, but I do miss The city.
Fabulous movie and soundtrack and cried like a baby. Huge storm in SF so my daffodils are getting pounded but the lemons are fine!
ReplyDelete"Evergreen" was one of the first pop songs I can remember loving. Which was going through my head as I read this and also the thing I love about living in L.A. this time of year.
ReplyDeletewell look what hit the market today!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/01/castle-on-the-hill-for-sa_n_479499.html
but if you wanted to live in 966sqft feet for 800K+, you'd stay in NYC...
the search continues.
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ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing pics, I really like olden times.
ReplyDeletePeople were more healthy than now. But it's a shame that mans couldn't get Viagra without Prescription in that times.
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