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CANNES REMAKES: The Fast Fashion of Film? – Jennifer Green comments

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Cannes kicks off its inaugural one-day movie remakes market on Monday, with the intention of meeting media streamers’ ever-increasing demand for quick and disposable content. What seems like a juicy business opportunity for local talents also feels somewhat like cultural decimation, especially in this globalized day and age when massive numbers of consumers are used to carelessly discarding whatever trending fashion claims the moment. Why not revisit the originals, many of which are classics? Are remakes the fast fashion of film?

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Interviews 

Sadie Frost on QUANT and Culture – Nadine Whitney interviews

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Sadie Frost is a renaissance woman. From her early years working as a model and actor to running her own fashion house and production companies, there are few hats Frost hasn’t worn. Sadie Frost started her career as a child actor and model. Her notable cinema roles as an actor have been as Lucy Westenra in Bram Stoker’s Dracula and a role in Paul W. S. Anderson’s debut feature Shopping. In the 90s she established the first of two production companies she would run. One was responsible for the release of David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ, amongst other features. With Quant, Sadie emerges as a director with a distinct visual voice using her knowledge of fashion and youth culture to investigate the impact of swinging sixties icon Mary Quant. Nadine Whitney spoke with Sadie about what inspired her to move to the other side of the camera.

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Reviews 

QUANT – Review by Nadine Whitney

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Sadie Frost, actor, producer, fashion designer, and now director is the perfect person to handle Mary Quant’s story. By the time she was filming Quant, Mary was in her nineties and unavailable for interviews. To tell Mary’s fascinating story she relies on archival footage, artistic reinterpretations (starring Camilla Rutherford as Quant), and a fascinating selection of interviewees that include musician Dave Davies (The Kinks), legendary fashion designer Zandra Rhodes, and people who worked with and knew Quant personally.

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