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Fashion in Film Festival: Dreams of Darkness and Colour
In the last of our reviews from the Fashion in Film Festival, here's the lavish Rapsodia Satanica - a classic from the Italian silent movie era, accompanied by live music…
Written by Matt Bramford
Illustration by Gareth A Hopkins
So the next stop on my fashion film list (after almost having a seizure at the Pink Narcissus screening) was Dreams of Darkness and Colour.
On a very cold Saturday afternoon, I headed to the Barbican where an eclectic line up was to be shown alongside Rapsodia Satanica - a glorious black/white movie from 1915. It was so cold outside that, at first, it was a huge relief to step inside the Barbican with its roaring heating, but this (alongside the huge, comfy seats in Cinema 1) was soon to prove to be a recipe for a snooze…
Running a little late, the series was first introduced by the lovely Marketa Uhlirova, director of the Fashion in Film Festival, who gave a litte background to each of the films. Next up, Anna Battista - fashion journalist and lecturer - gave an hilarious introduction to each in the… read more
