Last night Veronica & I saw Red Riding Hood. The very moody, modern version from director Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight). Catherine had her cinematic signature all over it. Unrequited love. Sexually frustrated teenagers. A dramatic love triangle. There were also a few very 'painful' scenes including an attempt at creating sexual tension on the dance floor/village square between Peter the woodsman and Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) with pseudo lesbian overtones.
I'll be interested to hear who your wolf guess is and i'll admit, my choice was severely misguided.
I'll be interested to hear who your wolf guess is and i'll admit, my choice was severely misguided.
In the movie, grandma, played by Julie Christie, creates the red riding hood for Valerie as a present for her impending marriage to Henry (Max Irons). Obviously it wasn't just any ordinary red riding hood. There were several shots of the red hood and accompanying train being blown across the pure white mountain snow during a dream sequence montage. All 15m of it.
The hoodie has been around since the Middle ages when Catholic monks would use them as part of their religious costume over their tunic, well before it became the staple uniform of african-americans in the 1970s.
Here are some interesting, more recent examples of modern hoodies, courtesy of:
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| Womens Rick Owens Drkdshdw Black Hoodie |
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I came across this odd use of a particularly controversial appropriation of the hoodie - the KKK hoodie. I'm embarrassed to report this culprit was from New Zealand. Paraparaumu to be exact.
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Paraparaumu-Raumati Community Board deputy chairman Dale Evans decided to wear this hoodie to draw attention at the monthly meeting of the Kaipiti District Council to a bore water problem.
Evans decided to steal the slogan used by the NZ Youth Week for it's inaugural Hoodie Day on 30 May 2010, designed as a vehicle for NZers to show support for it's young people.
Needless to say, Evans was roasted for his prank and there has been no mention if the bore water situation has improved.
the EDITer
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