Is there a logical reason why many of the characters never changed clothes throughout the film?
sharePerhaps because that was their costume for the film. I noticed that as well but didn't put a lot of thought into it. Is it just the actors? or other characters as well?
Ah well, something to look for in repeat viewings.
Maybe kind of tounge-in-cheek, reminding us we are watching a movie, about a movie?
shareI guess that's called "continuity". As a previous poster said, when shooting a film, sometimes actors have to wear the same clothes for several days or even weeks.
I suppose the real point here is that the scenes they shot for days on end actually will make up just a few hours or even minutes in the movie's time line. So, for continuity reasons, the clothes have to be the same. Let's hope that there were laundry services available on set ...
shareI'd like to return this thread from the dead. I think the OP is asking about all the characters (for example, the atrezzo guy or the chick that does make-up) who aren't actors in Pamela.
It may be for reasons of reminding us we're watching a movie, but it can be that Truffaut don't want us to mix up characters, making them recognisables by having the same clothes during all process
I'd like to return this thread from the dead. I think the OP is asking about all the characters (for example, the atrezzo guy or the chick that does make-up) who aren't actors in Pamela.
It may be for reasons of reminding us we're watching a movie, but it can be that Truffaut don't want us to mix up characters, making them recognisables by having the same clothes during all process
Yes. thanks for bringing this excellent movie forward again. I should get my VHS tape out and play it again.
In recent years I traveled a lot on business and that brought me a new possible explanation: This fictitious film crew probably stayed in some hotel or other for a few weeks and must have had limited luggage allowances - it would be realistic to postulate some laundry/dry cleaning service, maybe run by the hotel, maybe independently operated in town. I assume that everybody would have used that service. It is even possible that the film crew sent some gopher or other on a laundry run twice daily.
And since Truffaut was an experienced filmmaker he might just have duplicated what his own team was doing for the fictitious team in the movie.
But honestly, for me the question of what people wear never played a role at all. Maybe there was an intention to portrait the people in the movie down to the clothes they wear, neglecting the hygiene effect. Although ... after a few weeks it should have occurred to someone in the crew where the smell was coming from ...
Nevertheless, I find very odd that Truffaut's assistant always wears different clothes, this is even noticed by one of the characters (not in a breaking the fourth wall fashion, but because she had some action with the atrezzo guy and had her sweater changed)
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