
she’s worked on the costumes for such wildly successful films as Romeo and
wildly successful films as Romeo and
wildly successful films as Romeo and Juliet and the matrix and now Forsyth
Juliet and the matrix and now Forsyth
Juliet and the matrix and now Forsyth Sully hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome
Sully hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome
Sully hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
to watchmojo.com and today we’re speaking with costume designer Kim
speaking with costume designer Kim
speaking with costume designer Kim Barrett about the costumes for the silks
Barrett about the costumes for the silks
Barrett about the costumes for the silks show totem I think I got my ideas mainly
show totem I think I got my ideas mainly
show totem I think I got my ideas mainly from thinking about how the human form
from thinking about how the human form
from thinking about how the human form should also project an animal or an
should also project an animal or an
should also project an animal or an amphibian and how those two things could
amphibian and how those two things could
amphibian and how those two things could blend together without there being a
blend together without there being a
blend together without there being a disconnect in the middle I wanted it to
disconnect in the middle I wanted it to
disconnect in the middle I wanted it to be interesting to look at but also have
be interesting to look at but also have
be interesting to look at but also have a kind of route in reality a kind of
a kind of route in reality a kind of
a kind of route in reality a kind of documentary basis and then after that I
documentary basis and then after that I
documentary basis and then after that I wanted the performance to feel
wanted the performance to feel
wanted the performance to feel comfortable and good and be able to do
comfortable and good and be able to do
comfortable and good and be able to do what they needed to do in their clothes
what they needed to do in their clothes
what they needed to do in their clothes would you be able to go into more detail
would you be able to go into more detail
would you be able to go into more detail about some of the costumes we saw today
about some of the costumes we saw today
about some of the costumes we saw today with the hoop dancer Dakota he’s one of
with the hoop dancer Dakota he’s one of
with the hoop dancer Dakota he’s one of the major storytellers of the piece as
the major storytellers of the piece as
the major storytellers of the piece as he’s telling the story with his movement
he’s telling the story with his movement
he’s telling the story with his movement he becomes a representative of all the
he becomes a representative of all the
he becomes a representative of all the myths and legends and human storytelling
myths and legends and human storytelling
myths and legends and human storytelling from the beginning of time
the lovebirds which of the two lovers in
the lovebirds which of the two lovers in the sky mainly I wanted to show two
the sky mainly I wanted to show two
the sky mainly I wanted to show two innocent souls I wanted them to be
innocent souls I wanted them to be
innocent souls I wanted them to be highlighted against the big top but also
highlighted against the big top but also
highlighted against the big top but also I wanted them to have a kind of a glow
I wanted them to have a kind of a glow
I wanted them to have a kind of a glow from the inside
the cosmonauts I got my inspiration from
the cosmonauts I got my inspiration from the cave paintings of the Aztec kind of
the cave paintings of the Aztec kind of
the cave paintings of the Aztec kind of time so I wanted to to show that the
time so I wanted to to show that the
time so I wanted to to show that the aspiration to apply and become harder
aspiration to apply and become harder
aspiration to apply and become harder the next millennium came from a long
the next millennium came from a long
the next millennium came from a long time ago and we’re only just starting to
time ago and we’re only just starting to
time ago and we’re only just starting to achieve it now what type of research did
achieve it now what type of research did
achieve it now what type of research did you have to undertake to kind of attain
you have to undertake to kind of attain
you have to undertake to kind of attain the accuracy that you were looking for I
the accuracy that you were looking for I
the accuracy that you were looking for I love to do research so I looked at
love to do research so I looked at
love to do research so I looked at boring books and beautiful books with
boring books and beautiful books with
boring books and beautiful books with beautiful photographs I tried to not
beautiful photographs I tried to not
beautiful photographs I tried to not just focus on one thing I’ve only seen
just focus on one thing I’ve only seen
just focus on one thing I’ve only seen two search shows a long time ago so I
two search shows a long time ago so I
two search shows a long time ago so I tried not to see more until after this
tried not to see more until after this
tried not to see more until after this was over I tried to let my imagination
was over I tried to let my imagination
was over I tried to let my imagination tell a story really
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