This season, we tried something a little different. We tried to learn about wigs, this most important accessory and one of the main contributors to our obsession with period film! Join us a we share what we learned through our research and look at some of our favourite wig moments out the 30! movies we have reviewed so far.
Books and websites mentioned:
Book: "Fashions in Hair: the First Five Thousand Years," by Richard Corson Website:
Curationist: "Hair and Makeup in Ancient Egyp (https://www.curationist.org/editorial-features/article/hair-and-makeup-in-ancient-egypt)t"
YouTube: "The Real Reason People From History Wore Powdered Wigs (https://youtu.be/mQTcRykjlNI?si=YhtI6xP2cVEeGBAy)"
Films mentioned:
Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, 1975)
Belle (Amma Asante, 2013)
Chevalier (Stephen Williams, 2022)
4 May 2025
Episode 4 - Van Gogh: At Eternity's Gate
To close their 5th season dedicated to artists and films about their lives, Gaby and Andreina discuss the 2018 film Van Gogh: At Eternity’s Gate.
Directed by Julien Schnabel and starring Willem Dafoe as Vincent Van Gogh, the movie is a visually arresting and moving depiction of the painter’s last years. In their discussion, Gaby and Andreina discuss the representation of the artist’s imagination and subjectivity in film, Julien Schnabel’s rich directorial approach, and their connection to Van Gogh and his art.
***Spoiler alert! While reviewing this film, we go through key scenes and may reveal the ending, so be warned of spoilers!***
Links and sources:
Interview with director Julian Schnabel at the TIFF 2018 (https://youtu.be/9gJeMG1p5aQ?si=r-ysgnscYc7LHo3G)
Interview with Willem Dafoe (https://youtu.be/hRcScR758j8?si=gua-Ljhc5wkwMVo1)
Interview with Oscar Isaac (https://youtu.be/W_U9BkiF9bw?si=gpq0tjM2jtbGSLO0)
John Berger, The Sense of Sight (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3270689)
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear (https://courtauld.ac.uk/highlights/self-portrait-with-bandaged-ear/), Vincent van Gogh
Van Gogh Museum (https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/art-and-stories/art/vincent-van-gogh)
21 Mar 2025
Episode 3 - Camille Claudel
In this episode, Gaby and Andreina learn more about the French artist Camille Claudel (https://nmwa.org/art/artists/camille-claudel/)(1864-1943) by watching two films portraying different times in her life: Camille Claudel (1988) and Camille Claudel 1915 (2013).
Claudel became one of the most acclaimed sculptors of her time through prodigious ability and drive. However, in popular imagination, she is most often remembered as August Rodin's lover, a secondary character in the history of one of France's greatest artists.
Gaby and Andreina discuss how Camille Claudel is portrayed in both films and how the artistic dimension of her life is represented: Do these two films succeed in portraying Claudel in all her dimensions, including as a woman and an artist? Listen to this special episode, the third in our series dedicated to artists and their art in film.
Links and sources:
Abstract of the article “Camille Claudel: trajectory of a psychosis (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23674536/)”
The Art Institute of Chicago: Member Lecture: Camille Claudel (https://youtu.be/C2zZe47xXRU?feature=shared)
Camille Claudel through Five Works (https://www.artic.edu/articles/1069/camille-claudel-through-five-works)
Camille Claudel, Bust of Rodin (https://www.musee-rodin.fr/en/resources/rodin-and-artists/camille-claudel#group_1667)
August Rodin, Thought (Camille Claudel) (https://rodinmuseum.org/collection/object/103422)
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2 ratings
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