It’s a big illusion, but at least you’re in…
The suit that David Bowie wore for the final scenes of The Hunger (above) failed to reach it’s reserve at an
Here’s some info regarding the outfit from the Bonhams’ site…
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David Bowie: a linen suit worn in ‘The Hunger’, 1982, two-piece, comprising double-breasted jacket and pleated-front trousers with turnups, unlabelled, together with a statement of provenance.
The statement is from the film’s Assistant Sound Editor, Jeremy Gibbs, who purchased the suit from the Costume Department. According to him, this suit was made two sizes too big for Bowie as it was worn for the scenes when he is shown ageing rapidly. The suit was over-sized to create the appearance of him physically shrinking as he gets older. In other scenes he wears an identical suit, but in the correct size.
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Before any of you 40-something Bowie fan blokes think about contacting the vendor to make an offer for the suit because you think it will give you a chance with the ladies, (Hi Tony Day), please bear in mind that it’s two sizes too big for David Bowie. David Bowie is not a big man.
This means that Kate Moss probably couldn’t even squeeze into the suit, let alone you! And before anybody else says it…Let alone me!!
Meanwhile, Hunger director Tony Scott has been talking to
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As for that sequel to the 1983 horror movie, which starred Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie and Susan Sarandon, Scott remained mum about whether or not any of the original cast would make it into the sequel–many of them are vampires after all–and how they’d accomplish that, but he did give us a few tidbits: “I’m not going to tell you how we’re doing it, but I’m controlling it and it’s gone to the next level. It’s not a reinvention or reinterpretation, it starts in New York and it ends up in Sao Paulo, so it’s a very different movie, but it springboards off the original. We’re writing it right now and we’ve got a great writer, Erin Wilson.” (We’re not sure if this is the same Erin Wilson who wrote Secretary, but it would be pretty interesting if it was.)
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