Mr. Purple
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I wasn't sure if this thread belonged here or in "The Moving Picture", but since it is about a particular suit that fascinates me, I posted it here.
In the 1929 surrealist film "Un Chien Andalou", by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, a man in a plaid suit enters a room, rebuffs another(?) character, throws a few things out a window, and is finally shot. Initially his face is not shown, and when he does turn around he seems to be played by the same actor he has been interacting with.
Here are some screen shots:
The shot of the sleeve shows the fabric to be a light-coloured checked tweed.
The suit is ventless and quite waisted in true '20s style.
Really high armholes allows his arms to flail wildly around without dislodging the suit shoulders. The suit appears to be buttoned all the time.
He turns around, and shows both buttons to be done up.
Another close-up shows the nice tweed fabric.
He is gunned down, and at the same time somehow transferred to a wood outdoors.
These are screenshots from the best copy of the film I could find on the Internet. Do share any thoughts and observations - do you think this was a suit made recently, or from the earlier '20s? Was it French, Spanish, or perhaps British? Any unusual features I've missed?
In the 1929 surrealist film "Un Chien Andalou", by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, a man in a plaid suit enters a room, rebuffs another(?) character, throws a few things out a window, and is finally shot. Initially his face is not shown, and when he does turn around he seems to be played by the same actor he has been interacting with.
Here are some screen shots:
The shot of the sleeve shows the fabric to be a light-coloured checked tweed.
The suit is ventless and quite waisted in true '20s style.
Really high armholes allows his arms to flail wildly around without dislodging the suit shoulders. The suit appears to be buttoned all the time.
He turns around, and shows both buttons to be done up.
Another close-up shows the nice tweed fabric.
He is gunned down, and at the same time somehow transferred to a wood outdoors.
These are screenshots from the best copy of the film I could find on the Internet. Do share any thoughts and observations - do you think this was a suit made recently, or from the earlier '20s? Was it French, Spanish, or perhaps British? Any unusual features I've missed?
(oddly enough i've just ordered L'Age D'Or by Bunuel and it has Un Chien Andalou on it.)
