Burton and a return

The entrance to the Burton exhibition....

It's hard to believe it's been since August that I have written in here. I did truly enjoy my blog (as I hoped others did as well), it's just that I got so darn busy!!

As I've mentioned before, I work for a large, world renowned museum. I LOVE my job, and sometimes it can get a little crazy in my life. For the past few months I have been working on the Tim Burton exhibition that recently opened and had an amazing good time. I think we reached around 700 pieces of drawings, costumes, figures, almost anything that you can think of. It was a lot of work, but it looks so amazing that it's truly worth having had to part with my lovely blog for a few months.

Since I didn't shoot pictures during install (except my one of me and Edward below) I had to find a couple pictures to show you all.

Me with Tim Burton wearing a vintage dress with little bicycle wheel design. (Helena Bonham Carter asked to touch it!!)

With the Edward Scissorhands costume. Those are my marching band pants and unfortunatley you can't see the super cute rhinestone sweater clip holding my sweater together or how great my curls looked piled on top of my head.


Our unofficial mascot - Balloon Boy


The blacklight carousel made specifically for the exhibition


You can see all about the exhibition including info on all the movie screenings on MoMA's website here

The Vampire phenomenom

Bela Lugosi as the best Dracula ever (he was even buried in his cape)

Everywhere I turn these days people are talking about vampires. True Blood, Twilight, it's everywhere. I think I never got into the whole "vampire" thing when I was young and impressionable partially because I have natural fangs (which my dentist always begs to let file down) and I get enough comments as it is about whether my teeth are real or if I made them that way. It's just genetics and I like them, but if I was a crazy goth girl though I'm sure I'd never hear the end of it.

Stephen Moyer as the vampire Bill Compton in HBO's True Blood

It's funny because lately I had fought the new wave of vampire frenzy until I couldn't take it anymore. I watched two episodes of True Blood before Season 2 began and was hooked. I had to find all the old episodes online so I'd be caught up for the new season. Now I can't wait for Sunday nights.


Robert Pattinson as Twilight's Edward Cullen

I never read the Twilight books until recently. I devoured two of them in a week (they are over 500 pages each) and now I just started the third. They are seriously so good it's embarrasing.


Nosferatu


There is a great article from the NY Times about the vampire in TV and movies here

Vlad the Impaler

and you can brush up on your vampire knowledge easily on wikipedia

Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in the movie "Interview with the Vampire"

Also, you can see how it's affecting fashion and what to expect for Fall (hint, it's a bit darker than usual...) here

Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland

I LOVE Tim Burton. Love more than most things in this world. I was discussing with some people the other day how excited I am for the Tim Burton exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art in NY (opening this Nov 22nd) and they tried to act like Tim Burton wasn't the greatest thing since sliced bread. I know I can be a bit much in my adoration, but sometimes it just takes some reminders for people to understand his greatness. Sure, maybe you hated the new Willy Wonka (it wasn't his finest hour) or you can't stand how he always uses Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter lately, but seriously - check the list and try and tell me you don't love at least some of his movies? I bet you even forgot he made a bunch.

Some of my favorites:

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Ed Wood
Batman and Batman Returns
Mars Attacks!
Beetlejuice
Edward Scissorhands
Big Fish
Sleepy Hollow
James and the Giant Peach
The Nighmare Before Christmas
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure


ANYWAYS - this post isn't about my love, but my excitement. I've been hearing about Alice in Wonderland for months, and now I just finally saw some pictures online. I might have nightmares, but here we go!


Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter




Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen of Hearts


Tweedledee and Tweedledum



Our gal Alice




Alice in Wonderland sneak peak provided by ABC News. To see more go here

Whatever Happened to the Femme Fatale?

I don't even remember where I pulled this from, but I've had it saved in my email box with a little yellow star next to it since apparently February 27th. 1 week is just sheer laziness on my part.

In England, as part of the Bird's Eye View Women's Film Festival, numerous silent cinema movies will be screened all the month of March.

To read a great article about the Femme Fatale and get more information on the movies, go here:

Whatever Happened to the Femme Fatale?