![]() ![]() The film is set in LA, but, to heighten the alienation, many of the urban exteriors were shot in Singapore. The computer hardware dabbles in the sort of mild retro-chic – smart-phones look a little like 1950s cigarette cases – that we fully expect from Apple's successors. Theodore works for a company that composes intimate letters for those unable to express themselves effectively. This is not the full-on, existential wonderland of Being John Malkovich. Jonze's wisest move was to position the film's universe at a gentle angle to our own. Theodore’s mate Amy (Amy Adams) soon announces that her own interface has become a bosom chum. Making good use of his diagonal smile and worried brow, Phoenix plays Theodore Twombly, a lonely man who falls in love with the voice on his computer’s operating system. However, for all its clever-clever shapes, Her exhibits real emotional traction from odd beginning to melancholy ending. The strong score is by Arcade Fire, for Pete's sake. Joaquin Phoenix and fellow actors cope admirably with costumes (absurdly high-waist pants, mustard boots) that appear to pastiche the daywear of Williamsburg cheese salesman. The director has employed Hoyte van Hoytema, the hot Dutch cinematographer who created cold images for Let the Right One In, to spread his smoky, over-rinsed glaze across an alienating urban landscape. ![]() ![]() Her, Jonze's extraordinary speculative romance, certainly has the look of a dispatch from Hipster Central. Maybe Jonze without Charlie Kaufman – hitherto his regular writer – would forever be as unappealing as Wise without Morecambe. Lucky for us, NYFW is right around the corner, so it doesn't look like we'll have to wait much longer.Spike Jonze's last film, the suffocatingly self-indulgent Where the Wild Things Are, gave us some cause for concern. The brand has a beating pulse on the corner of fashion and technology, and the balls to take what's conventional and turn it upside down. No doubt OC has put fall prints into a whole new ballgame with this collection, but more than anything we're excited to see what Leon and Lim dream up next. ![]() Look closely and you'll see B-roll footage from The Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" video, BMX riders catching some serious air, and yeah that's right, a jacquard made entirely from backstage snaps of Sonic Youth on tour. With access to the archives, the brand was able to translate the sequenced shots, caught by multiple exposures, into wearable textile art. It was his personal treasure trove of footage that lent Opening Ceremony the perfect meshing of street culture and iconic influencers to create a capsule worth talking about. Before his big screen debut, Jonze co-founded Dirt magazine, was the senior photographer for Transworld Skateboarding and cut his teeth shooting street skateboarding and BMX videos, and bands such as Sonic Youth on tour. Looking for something more tangible, more retro, and much more nostalgic, the duo dug deep into Jonze's archives to find rare photos few had ever laid eyes on. Humberto Leon and Carol Lim delved into their famous friend rolodex to create a collaboration with film director Spike Jonze. While the label is no stranger to pushing boundaries and taking fashion to the next level, they've really outdone themselves with their latest debut - a collection which features graphic prints made from 35-millimeter photographic film. Previews of the Fall 2015 menswear collections may have bid Florence adieu, but there's one in particular we can't seem to stop obsessing over. IN PRINT: OPENING CEREMONY X SPIKE JONZE'S PICTURE-PERFECT F2015 COLLECTION. ![]()
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