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Stanley did not want the film to look
like a traditional movie. . .
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. . .where period clothes
look like wardrobes.
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He wanted the clothes to move
and have life.
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He wanted to do something reminiscent
of certain painters of that period.
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Stanley sent me to all kinds of
auction houses who were dealing. . .
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. . .with period costumes, so we
were mixing some period costumes.
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Stanley wanted beautiful materials,
as he quite rightly said:
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"That's why in those paintings
they gave those wonderful lights. "
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Everybody talks of Barry Lyndon...
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. . .as a beautiful 1 8th-century movie.
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It's because of the way he shot it,
the way he pushed us to do our work.
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You know, as an artist. . .
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. . .you very often instinctively
design. . .
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. . .and to intellectually justify. . .
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. . .your creativity. . .
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. . .is very difficult.
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I think the same applies to actors.
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Though he knew and respected,
I'm sure, the actors. . .