HOLLYWOOD COSTUMES - PREVIEW ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY JOE CALLERI.

What – HOLLYWOOD COSTUMES

Where and When – ACMI [AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR THE MOVING IMAGE], MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – FROM WED 24 APRIL TO 18 AUGUST, 2013.

Reviewer / Photographer - Joe Calleri.

Full Disclosure - I attended a media call for this exhibition.

If, like me you love the movies, then I would encourage you to attend Hollywood Costumes, a major, three-month long exhibition of iconic costumes from major Hollywood productions from 1900 to 2012, at Melbourne’s ACMI [Australian Centre for the Moving Image].  

This exhibition had its world premiere in London, 2012. After London, ACMI is the first gallery in the world to take this exhibition, which proudly displays 100 film costumes by more than 50 designers.

Curator for the exhibition, Professor Deborah Nadoolman Landis, a well-known, Academy Award nominated costume designer, and wife of famed film director, John Landis, informed media attendees that, 99% of the costumes have never having been publicly displayed outside of studio archives and private collections.

From Bond to Batman, Ben Hur to Bourne, Samson and Delilah to Superman, you should find at least one movie costume that will surely fascinate you.

What many will find interesting are the moving head projections that float over their corresponding costumes. So, for example, you will see an image of Daniel Craig’s head over one of the many Brioni tuxedoes he wore during Casino Royale.

I was particularly taken with the “bloody” singlet and torn corduroy trousers worn by Bruce Willis’s character, John McClane, in the first Die Hard film. The attention to detail applied by the wonderful costume designers – including Lindy Hemming, and Cecil Beaton - and dress-makers is wondrous to behold.

I’ve included 19 of the photos I took during the media call I attended this morning, April 23.

This exhibition, which has been five years in the making, is not to be missed.

Professor Deborah Nadoolman Landis

VIDEO PRESENTATIONS FEATURE DIRECTORS SPEAKING WITH COSTUME DESIGNERS ABOUT THE DESIGN PROCESS.

FROM BEN HUR

OVERVIEW OF THE EXHIBITION.

EACH EXHIBIT FEATURES A CARD WITH DETAILS OF THE MOVIE AND COSTUME DESIGNER, OFTEN WITH QUOTES FROM THE DESIGNER OR ACTOR INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION

FROM DICK TRACY

ARNIE FROM "TERMINATOR".

FROM DIE HARD

BRUCE WILLIS'S BLOOD-STAINED JOHN MCCLANE FROM "DIE HARD".

FROM SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (L), FROM INDEPENDENCE DAY (R).

MARLENE DIETRICH FROM 1937'S "ANGEL".

OVERVIEW OF THE EXHIBITION.

FROM KILL BILL.

OVERVIEW OF THE EXHIBITION.

FROM ELIZABETH AND SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE.

FROM THE ADDAMS FAMILY.

FROM FIGHT CLUB, INCLUDING DESIGN SKETCHES.

FROM ELIZABETH AND SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE.

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN.