I stumbled across these Duchess featurettes on YouTube recently; each is about 3 minutes long and highlights a certain feature of the film with interviews and clips.
Costumes: Some of the designers explain how costume dramas often have to “soften the edges” and modernize some of the features of costume, hair, and makeup to fit the actors and make the picture more visually pleasing.
Locations:
Cast: Keira, Ralph, Dominic, and Hayley share insights into their characters.
Sherlock Holmes
Christmas Day 2009
Bright Star
This is a gorgeous film. If you have the chance to see it near you (it's a limited film), do not hesitate to do so. Probably one of the best productions I've ever seen.
"No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the loss of expensive diversions or variety of company if she can be amused with an author in her closet."
Lady Montagu, 1752
You were Elizabeth I. Perhaps the most famous European monarch of all time, Elizabeth I faced so many difficulties to ascend the throne that when she eventually got there she was a very determined, courageous woman, hardened by her hardships. She had a fiery temper and if she decided she wanted to do something, little could stop her! She was a great Queen who led England to victory against the Spanish and left her mark as one of the most positive absolute monarchs to have ruled England, which after the terrible 'bloody' Mary must have been a relief to the English people.
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