04-13-2007, 12:44 PM
Hi Jim
Amazing to think that the costumes in 'Fall of the Roman Empire' or even 'Alexander', perhaps the most accurate reproductions of all did not even get nominated while the worst 'Ben-Hur', 'Quo Vadis' and 'Gladiator' did and won the Oscar. Research and attention to historical detail did not help in those cases but at least those in 'Cleopatra' got a nod.
Outside the Roman era we may think they look accurate but I bet re-enactors and costume historians from those periods would have something to say. Generally something from the contemporary fashions always creeps in.
Graham.
Amazing to think that the costumes in 'Fall of the Roman Empire' or even 'Alexander', perhaps the most accurate reproductions of all did not even get nominated while the worst 'Ben-Hur', 'Quo Vadis' and 'Gladiator' did and won the Oscar. Research and attention to historical detail did not help in those cases but at least those in 'Cleopatra' got a nod.
Outside the Roman era we may think they look accurate but I bet re-enactors and costume historians from those periods would have something to say. Generally something from the contemporary fashions always creeps in.
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
