Léon Benigni, Réunion des Modistes, Gouache. The milliners depicted are from left to right: Paulette - Blanche et Simone - Maude Roser - Le Monnier, n.d.
Biography :
Leon Benigni was a fashion illustrator and graphic designer who worked with fashion designers such as Jeanne Lanvin, Marcel Rochas, Elsa Schiaparelli, Lucien Lelong, Jacques Fath, Jean Patou, Nina Ricci, and Cristobal Balenciaga.
In addition he worked closely with fashion magazines such as Harper's Bazaar, Modes et Travaux, and Femina, both for editorial and magazine covers, creating bold Art Deco influenced fashion illustrations, capturing the sophistication and glamour of the period.
His many travel posters of this period advertising spas and resorts in France also uniquely captured the spirit of the 1920s and 30s.
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3. Any old school favorites (pre-70s)?
A very broad question. To mention some:
"Shanghai Express" dir. Josef von Sternberg
"The House Is Black" dir. Forough Farrokhzad
"Cléo from 5 to 7" dir. Agnès Varda
"The Trial" dir. Orson Welles
"The Hitch-Hiker" dir. Ida Lupino
"The 400 Blows" dir. François Truffaut
"Rocco and His Brothers" dir. Luchino Visconti
"The Red Shoes" dir. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
"The Third Man" dir. Carol Reed
"Double Indemnity" dir. Billy Wilder
"Ajantrik" dir. Ritwik Ghatak
"Bicycle Thieves" dir. Vittorio De Sica
"Pather Panchali" dir. Satyajit Ray
"Viridiana" dir. Luis Buñuel
"Accattone" dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
"Black Girl" dir. Ousmane Sembène
"Uski Roti" dir. Mani Kaul
"Black God, White Devil" dir. Glauber Rocha
"I Am Cuba" dir. Mikhail Kalatozov
"The Hand" dir. Jiří Trnka
"The Fireman's Ball" dir. Miloš Forman
"Daisies" dir. Věra Chytilová
"Meditation on Violence" dir. Maya Deren
"The Battle of Algiers" dir. Gillo Pontecorvo
"Andrei Rublev" dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
"Shadows of our Forgotten Ancestors" dir. Sergei Parajanov
"Boy" dir. Nagisa Oshima
"Persona" dir. Ingmar Bergman
"Love and Crime" dir. Teruo Ishii
"The Insect Woman" dir. Shōhei Imamura
"La perla" dir. Emilio Fernández
"Cairo Station" dir. Youssef Chahine
"Throne of Blood" dir. Akira Kurosawa
"Touch of Evil" dir. Orson Welles
"Paper Flowers" dir. Guru Dutt
"The Passion of Joan of Arc" dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
"A Page of Madness" dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa
"Tokyo Story" dir. Yasujirō Ozu
"Chikamatsu Monogatari" dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
"Les Enfants du Paradis" dir. Marcel Carné
"La Grande Illusion" dir. Jean Renoir
"Bringing Up Baby" dir. Howard Hawks
"Rome, Open City" dir. Roberto Rossellini
"City Lights" dir. Charlie Chaplin
"Monsieur Hulot's Holiday" dir. Jacques Tati
"Sunset Boulevard" and "Some Like It Hot" dir. Billy Wilder
6. Favorite movie from the 90’s?
Some of them:
"The Apple" dir. Samira Makhmalbaf
"Crows" dir. Dorota Kędzierzawska
"A Moment of Innocence" dir. Mohsen Makhmalba
"And Life Goes On" dir. Abbas Kiarostami
"The Piano" dir. Jane Campion
"Days of Being Wild" dir. Wong Kar-wai
"Irma Vep" dir. Olivier Assayas
"Vive L'Amour" dir. Tsai Ming-liang
"Humanité" dir. Bruno Dumont
"Beau travail" dir. Claire Denis
10. Favorite animated movie?
Already answered this.
22. Favorite Disney movie?
"The Lion King"
24. Movie that makes you cry every time?
"Call Me By Your Name"
"Brokeback Mountain"
"Portrait of a Lady on Fire"
"Aimée & Jaguar"
"The Farewell"
"My Sister's Keeper"
among others.
27. Top 5 actors?
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Shahab Hosseini
Marcello Mastroianni
Song Kang-ho
Jean-Louis Trintignant
28. Top 5 actresses?
Cruel question, but I'll go with:
Isabelle Huppert
Setsuko Hara
Smita Patil
Anna Magnani
Hedieh Tehrani
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