Gosford Park (2001) short review

5

A great Robert Altman — who is known for his meandering, five billion characters — movie that does a fabulous job of portraying life above and below stairs in a 1930s English aristocratic mansion. Everyone looks fabulous, especially Kristin Scott Thomas as the mistress of the house and Geraldine Somerville as her sister.

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Kendra

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Kendra has been a fixture in the online costuming world since the late 1990s. Her website, Démodé Couture, is one of the most well-known online resources for historical costumers. In the summer of 2014, she published a book on 18th-century wig and hair styling. Kendra is a librarian at a university, specializing in history and fashion. She’s also an academic, with several articles on fashion history published in research journals.

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    • Kendra

      It’s SO great. I just wish I could find a subtitled version because I hate that some of the dialogue isn’t quite catch-able!