Production Details - Cannes pt. II
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vardathemessageIt wasn't Todd's first trip to Cannes. In 1995 Safe was screened at the festival. Todd was actually deeply immersed in his research for Velvet Goldmine at the time. An interviewer from the LA Times described him during the making of VG, Haynes seems to have entered into the film's period spirit. His hair is brushed forward into bangs, and he has shaggy sideburns; in a skinny sweater and a short corduroy Wrangler jacket, he could pass for a British Mod circa 1970, about to dip a toe into glam-rock fashions.
"Oh, this is nothing," says Haynes airily. "When I started researching this film I grew my hair into a Ziggy Stardust cut and dyed it bright red. There are pictures of me at the Cannes Film Festival in 1995 you wouldn't believe. I wanted to know what it felt like to wear super-super-tight skinny little tops that reveal you in ways that haven't been fashionable for men for quite a while now. And it really is a different feeling, being on platform shoes. It's what women experience every day. You feel very fragile but grand, teetering on those heels. It was weird. So I went through that whole thing, the high maintenance of keeping the hair going, the blow-drying every morning."
Uncut magazine confirms his glam look at the time he was promoting Safe at Cannes, But his mind is already fiercely focused on the Glam Rock project he has been dreaming into life with his producer and former college mate, Christine Vachon, for at least five years. One sideways glance at Haynes betrays his current obsession: he sports electric orange Ziggy hair, stack heels and skinny-rib glitter top.
Damn, don't we have any pictures of that!
Cannes was also the setting for the promotion of the film back in 1996. Todd and Christine went with a script to garner a production and distribution deal which took months to finally pull together.
"Oh, this is nothing," says Haynes airily. "When I started researching this film I grew my hair into a Ziggy Stardust cut and dyed it bright red. There are pictures of me at the Cannes Film Festival in 1995 you wouldn't believe. I wanted to know what it felt like to wear super-super-tight skinny little tops that reveal you in ways that haven't been fashionable for men for quite a while now. And it really is a different feeling, being on platform shoes. It's what women experience every day. You feel very fragile but grand, teetering on those heels. It was weird. So I went through that whole thing, the high maintenance of keeping the hair going, the blow-drying every morning."
Uncut magazine confirms his glam look at the time he was promoting Safe at Cannes, But his mind is already fiercely focused on the Glam Rock project he has been dreaming into life with his producer and former college mate, Christine Vachon, for at least five years. One sideways glance at Haynes betrays his current obsession: he sports electric orange Ziggy hair, stack heels and skinny-rib glitter top.
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Update: Todd Haynes, (center) and Todd Kalin (left, director of the Killer Films' produced 'Swoon') and Douglas Carter Beane, (right, writer of 'To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything', Julie Newmar). From Genre magazine, May 1995. Todd was doing publicity for 'Safe' but researching Velvet Goldmine, hence his spiky glam-ish hair style. |
Cannes was also the setting for the promotion of the film back in 1996. Todd and Christine went with a script to garner a production and distribution deal which took months to finally pull together.
