Actually I pretty much hate any of the Jeremy Brett series. He just played Sherlock as a sort of robot and mean, not with the deep humanity that he really had. I'm serious when I say that the Russian version was the best ever--they did an occasional series that lasted a couple of years, not every episode, but I know they Did "The Speckled Band", and "Hound of hte Baskervilles" (that one was was kind weird, but good, and "The Sign of Four", the first one,w here Holmes and Watson meet, and a few more. It's on Google, but I've never seen them available on DVD--I have a bunch that we recorded off the TV.
The Russian version really got the costumes right for the 1890's and early 1900's, and somehow re-created Victorian Londeon very believably. IT's worth looking for it, even with subtitles. Yours in cosutming, Lisa A On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:27:13 -0500 (EST) albert...@aol.com writes: > I must admit I love the Jeremy Brett "Hound of the Baskervilles" and > "Sign of Four". But some of the others in that series....yikes! > > > The costuming for the series was understated and very realistic and > believable with some beautiful details. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lisa58 <lis...@juno.com> > To: h-costume <h-cost...@indra.com> > Sent: Fri, Dec 16, 2011 12:48 pm > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows > > > I wasn't even able to get through the FIRST movie in this "series", > and > it was because of the same issues I read about in the review of > THIS > movie. And I"m a Sherlock Holmes FANATIC. The best Sherlock > Holmes > EVER, and the best costumes, were int he Russian version of > Sherlock > Holmes form the 1970's and 1980's. > > Yours in cosutming,Lisa A > > On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:09:40 -0800 Lavolta Press > <f...@lavoltapress.com> > writes: > > I was really looking forward to it till I saw this review. Has > > anyone > > here seen it, and how are the costumes? > > > > > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/12/16/DDEI1MCACK.DT > L > > > > Fran > > Lavolta Press > > Books of historic clothing and needlework patterns > > www.lavoltapress.com > > www.facebook.com/LavoltaPress > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
