The Substance lookbook: Coralie Fargeat's references
A lookbook rarely reveals its own references outright. Days before the Oscars, Coralie Fargeat's lookbook for The Substance did exactly that, naming The Shining, The Fly, and painter John Kacere among its influences. This piece follows those references through Flim's Search by Image tool, tracing echoes across film history that the lookbook itself never made explicit.
A weeks days before the Oscar ceremony, Coralie Fargeat unveils the lookbook for her masterpiece The Substance, nominated in five categories: Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Coralie Fargeat, Best Actress for Demi Moore, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and Best Sound.
From The Shining to The Fly, with a nod to the works of John Kacere, dive into the inspirations behind the Cannes 2024 Best Screenplay winner.
FROM INSPIRATION TO PERFECT SHOTS
Beyond their original context, what we love at Flim is seeing how images interact within our vast library. We took a selection of visuals from The Substance's lookbook and ran them through our Search by Image tool, uncovering connections - no doubt fortuitous, but intriguing - across film history. This reveals unexpected echoes and aesthetic conversations that enrich our reading of Fargeat's vision.
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Coralie Fargeat, who won Best Screenplay at Cannes 2024 and was nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars.
References cited include The Shining and The Fly, alongside the work of painter John Kacere.
Flim ran a selection of its visuals through the Search by Image tool to trace visual echoes across film history.
A tool that finds visually related frames across the stills database starting from an uploaded reference image.
Yes, in five categories including Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Actress for Demi Moore.