From the trailer the only things that worry me are the weird 20th century pixie haircut on the love interest at the party and perpetuating the myth that Napoleon just started blasting historic monuments in Egypt, but otherwise looks great. This might be the first film in a while I actually pay money to see.
I thought the same thing, although I don't know anything about hairstyles so I looked up pictures of old French styles. The closest I found was this website, and I wouldn't be surprised if whoever did the designs for the movie googled old haircuts and saw that. Another short article on "The Titus Cut" shows a portrait that's somewhat like the dame in the movie, Madame Arnault de Gorse.
No I'm not arguing that it's period accurate or anything, just something interesting. In fact most of the pictures you find of "The Titus Cut" still portray the women with curly hair.
It's been a long time since I've researched the French Revolution, but I recall the Titus Cut being a very short fad and not styled the same way, and usually with the hair worn "up" to make it look shorter than it actually was. Thanks for bringing that up though I had forgotten about it.
It's gotta be Josephine, but the problem is that that's historically accurate too. He's a bit of a cuck when it comes to her. That is how she kinda kept one of the most ambitious men in human history in line. I don't doubt she probably told him something like that to his face. If she didn't, he certainly believed it.
And she has a point. He had no capacity to navigate through the French aristocracy or upper class. He wasn't even French to a lot of them. He did absolutely need her social graces at a political level.
From the trailer the only things that worry me are the weird 20th century pixie haircut on the love interest at the party and perpetuating the myth that Napoleon just started blasting historic monuments in Egypt, but otherwise looks great. This might be the first film in a while I actually pay money to see.
My grandma said to not listen to what school was teaching me, Josephine was black.
I thought the same thing, although I don't know anything about hairstyles so I looked up pictures of old French styles. The closest I found was this website, and I wouldn't be surprised if whoever did the designs for the movie googled old haircuts and saw that. Another short article on "The Titus Cut" shows a portrait that's somewhat like the dame in the movie, Madame Arnault de Gorse.
No I'm not arguing that it's period accurate or anything, just something interesting. In fact most of the pictures you find of "The Titus Cut" still portray the women with curly hair.
It's been a long time since I've researched the French Revolution, but I recall the Titus Cut being a very short fad and not styled the same way, and usually with the hair worn "up" to make it look shorter than it actually was. Thanks for bringing that up though I had forgotten about it.
It's gotta be Josephine, but the problem is that that's historically accurate too. He's a bit of a cuck when it comes to her. That is how she kinda kept one of the most ambitious men in human history in line. I don't doubt she probably told him something like that to his face. If she didn't, he certainly believed it.
And she has a point. He had no capacity to navigate through the French aristocracy or upper class. He wasn't even French to a lot of them. He did absolutely need her social graces at a political level.
"La France, l'armée, tête d'armée, Joséphine."