- Tom Ford has compared his experience with watching “House of Gucci”Surviving a hurricane
- The film briefly portrays the tenure of Gucci fashion designer and filmmaker,
- “I often laughed out loud, but was I supposed to?”Ford wrote.
Tom Ford, fashion designer and filmmaker, said that he believes Ridley Scott’s work. “House of Gucci”He is sure to be a hit with audiences, even though he compares his experience watching the film to living through a hurricane.
Ford — who was the rising creative director of Gucci in the 1990s when Maurizio Gucci was shot and killed in a hit job ordered by his estranged wife Patrizia and is portrayed by Reeve Carney in the film — penned an essay in response to the movie for Air Mail.
In his essay, the designer praises the movie’s “magic”. “impeccable costumes, stunning sets, and beautiful cinematography,”Adam Driver’s performance, Lady Gaga’s performance, and Adam Driver’s performance were all outstanding. However, they questioned the film’s structure and quality and compared the film to a television soap opera.
“The movie rivals the nighttime soap ‘Dynasty’ for subtlety but does so with a much bigger budget,” Ford quipped. “Directed by master filmmaker Ridley Scott and starring Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto, and Salma Hayek, the film is … well, I’m still not quite sure what it is exactly, but somehow I felt as though I had lived through a hurricane when I left the theater.”
He said: “I often laughed out loud, but was I supposed to?”
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Ford then compares portions of the film to make the essay more interesting, notably the performances by Al Pacino (ex-Gucci boss Aldo Gucci) and his eccentric son Paolo Gucci (portrayed by Jared Leto). “‘Saturday Night Live’ version”The Gucci story.
“Both performers are given license to be absolute hams—and not of the prosciutto variety,”Ford was fondly aware of Leto, Pacino and others.
Ford kept focusing on Leto’s performance, and stated that Leto’s work was excellent. “literally buried under latex prosthetics.”
“Paolo, whom I met on several occasions, was indeed eccentric and did some wacky things, but his overall demeanor was certainly not like the crazed and seemingly mentally challenged character of Leto’s performance,”Ford wrote.
Leto plays the role of Paolo Gucci, who is overweight and bald.
Ford concluded his exhaustive survey by stating that he was “deeply sad for several days after watching House of Gucci,”A reaction he stated. “only those of us who knew the players and the play will feel.”
“It was hard for me to see the humor and camp in something that was so bloody. In real life, none of it was camp. It was at times absurd, but ultimately it was tragic,”He wrote. “But with Gaga’s and Driver’s strong performances, powerful over-the-top portrayals by the entire cast, impeccable costumes, stunning sets, and beautiful cinematography, the film, I suspect, will be a hit. Splash the Gucci name across things and they usually sell.”