April 25, 2025
The Narrative Power of Costuming in Film
In today’s class, our Big Screen Video Inspiration opener focussed on costuming as the main event of a motion picture. For this, I selected the following clip from the fantastic 1994 Australian film, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Directed by Stephan Elliott / Costumes by Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner / Cinematography by Brian J. Breheny). This film introduced us to Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving, while reintroducing the world to the great Terence Stamp. Backed by a meager $20,000 budget (Oz dollars), Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner won the Oscar for costume design at the 1995 Academy Awards.