culture Club: Continuing to flex its cultural muscles, Saint Laurent said it would produce a 30-minute English-language film by Spanish author Pedro Almodovar.
It is a western starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal and filming is to begin in August, with the yet-to-be-scheduled film festival expected to be released in 2023.
All characters will be dressed in Saint Laurent’s clothing and accessories designed by its creative director, Anthony Vacarello.
Vaccarello has made bespoke films a major feature of his tenure, with Saint Laurent producing films in addition to his wardrobe. They are part of his Selfie project, launched in 2018 and meant as an artistic commentary viewed through the lens of Saint Laurent.
Previous iterations included films and photography signed by writer Bret Easton Ellis, performance artist Vanessa Beecroft, photographer Daido Moriyama, film director Gaspar Noe, as well as a chapter curated by Hong Kong’s Wong Kar-wai and directed by Wing Shia. Noe’s film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019.
Vaccarello is strengthening the relationship between Saint Laurent and various creative fields including photography, art and design, commissioning exclusive works related to brand values such as self-expression, while giving creative freedom to each artist.
According to IndieWire, which, like WWD, is owned by Penske Media Corp., Almodovar’s “Strange Way of Life” is a group of isolated, middle-aged gunmen, with most of the action taking place in the desert region of Spain’s Almería region. Follows the pair, where Sergio Leone famously shot “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”.
Originally published at Pen 18
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