#John Mollo

[fuckyeahcostumedramas]

Ioan Gruffudd as the titular character in “Horatio Hornblower: The Fire Ship” (TV Movie, 1998).

#ioan gruffudd #horatio hornblower #perioddramaedit #19th Century #Napoleonic Wars #John Mollo

[getamovieon]

#alien #prop #ron cobb #john mollo #nostromo #concept art

[tomoleary]

John Mollo “Napoleon” Costume Design for Stanley Kubrick's unfinished production

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#John Mollo #napoleon #costume design #stanley kubrick

[iffltd]

    Princess Leia, D i f f e r e n t   L o o k s ,  E p i s o d e   t o  E p i s o d e

#Star Wars #Star Wars costumes #Star Wars Princess Leia #Star Wars Carrie Fisher #Carrie Fisher #John Mollo #Aggie Guerard Rodgers #Michael Kaplan

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

OH, MAN! IT'S "FINDSMAN FRIDAY" WITH MY FAVORITE ZUCK-HEAD.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on concept art for what later became Gand bounty hunter Zuckuss (c. late '70s), from "Aurra Sing: Dawn of the Bounty Hunters" (2000). Artwork by the late, great John Mollo.

To this day, I still remain divided on who my favorite ESB bounty hunter is, and it remains a close race between this bad boy right here and the reptile-like, Wookie-skinning enthusiast, Bossk.

Sources: www.fanthatracks.com/news/film-music-tv/the-empire-strikes-back-40th-anniversary-bounty-hunters-part-two-ig-88-4-lom-and-zuckuss & Facebook.

#Zuckuss #The Empire Strikes Back #Gand #Findsman #Bounty Hunter #Episode V #STAR WARS: Episode V #1970s #Sci-fi Art #Concept Art #Sci-fi Fri #Sci-fi fantasy #Gand Findsman #Costume Design #Pre-production Art #Super Seventies #70s #STAR WARS Aliens #John Mollo Art #ESB #Sci-fi #Gand Species #70s Sci-fi Art #STAR WARS: The Empire Strikes Back #Original Trilogy #STAR WARS #TESB #John Mollo #John Mollo Artist #70s Sci-fi

[fantastic-nonsense]

the true way to explain how Star Wars works to people is mentioning that three television shows, over a dozen novels, several comic books, and 50 years of extended lore rest on a single costume designer's choice to put a bucket head helmet on a character with six minutes of screentime in 1980

#star wars #mandalore #boba fett #John Mollo in 1980: hey I think we should put a helmet on Boba Fett! #the fandom: 'I am about to make a home culture that is SO INTRICATE'

[robertoperodi]

Testardo io che quella fede non l'ho persa mai - I am stubborn and have never lost that faith

Ormai siamo circondati da domande:inoltriamo domande di lavoro, stabiliamo il prezzo di mercato in base alla differenza tra domanda e offerta, rispondiamo alle domande degli insegnanti che vogliono sapere se sappiamo, speriamo di essere qualche numero in più nella domanda di inserimento in una gradutatoria…Ormai siamo circondati da risposte:chiamiamo ma non otteniamo risposta, dobbiamo contare…

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#blog #fede #Giovanni Battista #I am stubborn and have never lost that faith #I never give up #John the Baptist #life #myself #Non mollo #oggi #pensieri #roberto perodi #terza domenica di avvento #Testardo io che quella fede non l&039;ho persa mai #thoughts #today #today&039;s gospel #vita

[ltwilliammowett]

John Mollo's personal handwritten costume design manuscript and diary which includes character designs, artwork, meeting notes and budgets, used for the design and production of Seasons 2 to 8 of the television series Hornblower II

#naval artifacts #naval uniforms #hornblower #design #costumes #18th century #age of sail #naval fiction #age of sail movies and series

[toadlessgirl]

Okay, time to get pretentious and REALLY talk about this shot.

So put on your over-analysis goggles, and let’s talk about the Imperial Cog, Renaissance-era military forts, 18th century prison architecture, the military-industrial complex, the surveillance state, and why this single shot of Mon Mothma standing in a doorway in “Nobody’s Listening!” (the 9th episode of Andor season one) is making me so feral I want to kiss Luke Hull and his entire production design team right on the mouth.

For those of you not in the know - the shape on the screen behind Major Partagaz is the crest of the Galactic Empire - often called the Imperial Cog. It appears throughout Star Wars media on flags, tie fighter helmets, uniforms and as a glowing hologram outside ISB HQ.

In canon it was adapted from the crest of the Galactic Republic. 

irl it was created by original trilogy costume designer John Mollo. Mollo has stated that the symbol was inspired by the shape of historical fortifications.

Bastion forts (aka star forts) first appear during the Renaissance with the advent of the cannon. Their shape eliminated blind spots, allowing for a 360 degree field of fire.

An apt metaphor for the Empire. Powerful, imposing and leaving you with nowhere to hide.

The Imperial crest also strongly resembles a gear or cog - hence the common “Imperial Cog” nickname.

Given how inextricably linked military and industry are, it’s also an apt metaphor. Both alluding to the Empire’s massive industrial power, and how it treats all of its citizens with a startling lack of humanity, valuing them only for what they are able to produce for the Empire.

The idea of the cog is repeated in the shape of whatever it is that they’re producing in the prison. They’re literally cogs in the Imperial machine making more cogs for the machine... while inside a larger cog.

This shape, in relation to a prison, also references something else which was almost certainly intentional on the production team’s part.

In the 1791 British philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham proposed a design for a prison he referred to as the “panopticon” - the name derived from the Greek word for “all seeing”.

The basic design for the panopticon was a large circular rotunda of cells with a single watchtower in the center. The plan would allow a single guard to theoretically observe every cell in the prison, but more importantly cause the prisoners to believe they are under surevillance at all times, while never being certain.

Later philosophers (notably Michel Foucault) used the panopticon as a metaphor for social control under totalitarian regimes or surveillance states. The perceived constant surveillance of a panopticon causes prisoners to self-police due to the belief they are always being watched, even if they don’t know for certain that is true. They live in constant fear even if nobody is actually watching them, even if “Nobody’s Listening!” 

The idea of the metaphorical panopticon has in more recent years been adapted to many other examples of social control: CCTV, social media and business management...

Like the concept of cubicles in an open floor plan office.

So that all being established - let’s finally talk about Mon Mothma’s apartment.

The cog shape is everywhere. There’s hardly a shot where at least one cog isn’t visible. Every room is connected by cog-shaped doorways.

The shape serves as a backdrop to most scenes, often centered and featured prominently.

(Side Note: The cog also appears as a repeated pattern on room dividers with the interesting added detail of intersecting lines that make them resemble spider webs.

The fact that Mon is often filmed directly through these web-like screens (particularly when conducting rebellion business) leads me to believe that this was a very intentional choice.

Even in the very heart of the Empire the nascent Rebellion is starting to build a web of networks and intelligence.)

I had originally presumed that the repeated appearance of the cog was just Luke Hull and his production team adding some brilliant visual storytelling to their already amazing sets. But the following line from episode ten leads me to believe they intended for these details to have an in-story explanation as well.

When speaking to Tay and Davo Skuldon about the apartment Mon states that “It’s state property. The rules are strict on decor. Our choices for change are limited.”

While it’s unclear whether the “state” in this instance is Mon’s home planet of Chandrila or the Empire itself - that second option makes the decor even more insidious.

If Mon’s apartment is Empire property that means the shape of the doors is intentional in-world, not just for the sake of visual storytelling. It means that this was a conscious decision by the Empire. A reminder to even the richest and most powerful of its citizens that they are always watching - whether you can see them or not.

Which brings us back to our original shot.

My favorite thing about this shot isn’t just that is shows how very alone Mon Mothma is. 

It isn’t just that she’s in the heart of the Empire, surrounded and dwarfed - just another cog in their machine.

It isn’t just that’s she trapped in her own metaphorical prison, worrying her self sick about who may be watching, not safe even in her own home.

What makes this shot truly extraordinary to me, is that right in the midst of the Empire you can see a new symbol forming.

Forming with Mon Mothma right at the center.

It’s a bit blocky, still constrained by the the harsh lines of the Empire, but giving how intentional every design decision on this show has been I find it pretty hard to believe it’s there by accident.

A symbol that will one day adorn the helmet of a boy from Tatooine.

One that will come to represent what all rebellions are built on...

#andor #andor spoilers #star wars #HOW IS THIS SHOW SO GOOD? #mon mothma #production design #history #long post #whose extensive knowledge of star wars and the history of the criminal justice system is useless now MOM

[ediths-shades]

Female costumes in Hornblower (1998-2003)

Costume design by John Mollo

requested by anonymous

#Hornblower #Cherie Lunghi #Estelle Skornik #Katia Caballero #Julia Sawalha #Barbara Flynn #Camilla Power #2000s #00s tv #period costumes #my gifs #userthing #cinemapix #cinematv #smallscreensource #userladies #filmtvcentral #tvfilmspot #perioddramaedit #periodedit #John Mollo

[70sscifiart]

“The first Darth Vader was wearing a motorcycle suit, and a sort of opera cloak, and a Nazi steel helmet, and a gas mask, and a medieval breast plate, all from different departments, all brought in together and put on, and it seemed to work” ~Oscar-winning Star Wars costume designer John Mollo

#star wars #costumes #70s film

[bantarleton]

British, Loyalist American and German figures from John Mollo's The American War of Independence.

#history #military history #british army #18th century #american revolution #redcoat #american war of independence #revwar

[getamovieon]

#alien #fan art #ron cobb #compare #john mollo #prop

[jedivoodoochile]

"Star Wars" (1977).

•Directed by George Lucas

•Cinematography: Gilbert Taylor

•Production Design: John Barry

•Costume Design: John Mollo

•Color Timer: Robert Raring, Jim Passon

#star wars

[maddyaddy]

I think the costuming of original trilogy Star Wars has a special magic to it that can't really be matched by later productions. Don't get me wrong; Rogue One and Mandalorian came close. And certainly, other productions are worthy of praise in that department. But there's a reason A New Hope won the Oscar for Costuming in '78. And that's largely up to John Mollo, who applied his knowledge of military matters to design the costumes.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

STILL MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE SW CANTINA ALIEN -- WHICH ONE'S YOURS?

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on Nabrun Leids, Moorserian male pilot, smuggler, and patron of Chalmun's spaceport cantina in "STAR WARS: Episode IV -- A New Hope."

During the film's production, Leids' species was listed as "Plutonian" by SW costume designer John Mollo (1931-2018). Illustration by Nick Bondra, a.k.a., "Phraggle," c. 2015.

MINI-BIO: "Four-armed smuggler and pilot-for-hire. A Moorserian male. Breathes methane. Former fighter pilot. He can take you anywhere for the right price."

-- STAR WARS RPG DATABANK

Sources: www.pinterest.com/pin/nabrun-leids--302585668685989263, www.deviantart.com/phraggle/art/Nabrun-Leids-576575846, Fandom, & Happy Beeps.

#Nabrun Leids #Cantina Alien #Phraggle #STAR WARS 1977 #STAR WARS Episode IV #Smuggler #Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina #Chalmun's Cantina #Original Trilogy #Spaceport Cantina #Super Seventies #STAR WARS: Episode IV A New Hope #Episode IV: A New Hope #Episode IV #STAR WARS Alien Species #STAR WARS #STAR WARS: Episode IV #A New Hope #Nick Bondra #Illustration #Moorserian #Nick Bondra Art #Nick Phraggle Bondra #Toys #STAR WARS Aliens #Phraggle Art #1970s #Cantina Aliens #Sci-fi #Plutonian