red dresses in film

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so i am doing this big paper for a class, its my final, and it has to be mega in depth and such. i can handle that. my big topic is that of the red dress in film. the red dress is a big lust factor that i blah blah blah all comes from the scarlett letter and such. but i can only think of three instances where the red dress is symbolic of fits in with my concept.

porgy and bess (1959) the red dress she wears and her being a siren and such
jezebel (1938) red dress to the ball jezebel and such
gone with the wind (1939) red dress to ashley's party

any other examples would be greatly appreciated.

― ollie, Thursday, 13 October 2005 01:22 (twenty years ago)

porgy and bessmakes me think of carmen jones -- dorothy dandridge also wears one.

― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Thursday, 13 October 2005 01:41 (twenty years ago)

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0002ADWXU.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― late adopter, Thursday, 13 October 2005 02:21 (twenty years ago)

http://hugereviews.com/images/Movies/requie26.jpg

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 13 October 2005 02:51 (twenty years ago)

schindler's list

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 13 October 2005 03:17 (twenty years ago)

oooh, requiem for a dream is a great one i had completely forgotten that one.

― ollie, Thursday, 13 October 2005 06:36 (twenty years ago)

Sin City

― gear (gear), Thursday, 13 October 2005 07:07 (twenty years ago)

"Bram Stoker's Dracula".
Jessica Rabbit in "Who framed Roger Rabbit?"

― Øystein (Øystein), Thursday, 13 October 2005 07:57 (twenty years ago)

Maureen Stapleton in "Interiors"

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 October 2005 13:44 (twenty years ago)

Red n black clothes in "Mullholland Dr" = red n black bedding in "wake up" scene.

― Old School (sexyDancer), Thursday, 13 October 2005 13:56 (twenty years ago)

blah blah blah all comes from the scarlett letter

Uh, does it? Nathaniel Hawthorne invented "red dress = sexed up"?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 13 October 2005 17:48 (twenty years ago)

he branded the color red as a symbol of lust. the scarlett letter has morphed in literature, the arts, and film to symbolize sex. it was his novel idea.

― ollie, Thursday, 13 October 2005 22:10 (twenty years ago)

the delicious!!!

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― corey c (shock of daylight), Friday, 14 October 2005 04:23 (twenty years ago)

he branded the color red as a symbol of lust. the scarlett letter has morphed in literature, the arts, and film to symbolize sex. it was his novel idea.

Now I haven't broken out my copy of "Primary Colors" yet, but this seems fabulously unlikely. I did google up a few essays and whatnot about the red dress in The Scarlet Letter and none of them mentioned that this was the first time that "red" had been a symbol of "lust". Since red is the color that many people turn when they are flush with sexual excitement, you'd think someone would have noticed this before the mid-19th C., but if not, then Hawthorne is more brilliant than I gave him credit for.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 14 October 2005 06:21 (twenty years ago)

Michael Jeter in The Fisher King. Hottt

― Øystein (Øystein), Friday, 14 October 2005 08:31 (twenty years ago)

Don't forget Chris DeBurgh's "The Lady in Red"

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 14 October 2005 16:42 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

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― fsfsd, Monday, 12 December 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

not so many red dresses in the silent era.

― detoxyDancer (sexyDancer), Monday, 12 December 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

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