![]() Otho (Glenn Shaddix) is there as a stand-in for the design community. They are the overly erudite interlopers, intruding into the village, all in search of their own vanity, social position, and eventual financial gain.ĭelia Deetz marks a wall with the words "mauve" as she and Otho walk through the Maitlands' home, preparing for renovation. Including their former property developer father figure, Charles Deetz (Jones), the new family’s presence creates another narrative about gentrification and displacement. (L-R) Delia Deetz, Charles Deetz, and Lydia Deetz eat dinner in their new home's original dining room prior to renovation. Following their unfortunate demise via an adequate production fake of the town’s historic covered bridge, the young couple’s hopes for a modest remodel becomes grotesquely inverted when the Yuppie Deetzs’ (Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O’Hara, Winona Ryder) come to town ready to make it into a “summer arts destination” that rivals Southampton. Image courtesy of flim.ai.įirst, there are the film’s characters, led by local residents Adam and Barbara Maitland (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis). The Maitlands' home goes on sale and is soon purchased by the Deetz family. The story can be examined through an architectural lens for two intersecting and of-the-moment reasons. Image courtesy of flim.ai.įilmed in Vermont, the story is set in the fictional town of Little River, Connecticut, which is a rather thinly-disguised stand-in of the state’s very real and charming literary capital of West Cornwall. Image courtesy of flim.ai.Īerial snapshot of the town of Little River, CT. ![]() Its conflict is based on a disagreement about preferences in residential architecture: The “good, sturdy country craftsmanship” of a rural Victorian run up against a vacuous amalgam of 80s high design. Two families fighting for the creative control of a structure with radically different agendas. The conceit of Beetlejuice has essential elements that design students would be well-served to evaluate. Even the scale model of the town has some architectural qualities, and its central star - a shopworn Victorian-style home - has become an inspiration to aspiring designers around the world. Tim Burton’s 1988 classic, Beetlejuice, is perhaps the fall’s best example - an ever-trendy classic Halloween tale that showcases and offers some critique of the period’s salient design trends. I’d love to do some even spookier photoshoots in various locations throughout the year, Brooke Shaden inspires this in me, if you haven’t heard of her I would highly suggest checking out her self portraits if dark and creepy stuff is your thing.Every season has its own set of iconic movies, and within that set, there are those that stick out for their portrayal and elevation of architectural issues. Kyle really is a trooper and said he wouldn’t do it again, but I’ve caught him suggesting other people we could dress up as for photos, so, there may be more makeup in the future too… Maybe I’ll have to practice, haha. ![]() Even though the makeup looked ridiculous it completely worked for the photos. Prior to taking these photos I helped put costume makeup on Kyle, which was actually pretty difficult, I don’t think I want to ever do anyone’s makeup or hair, that’s just not an artistic skill for me and I can barely do my own let alone others. It was always a favorite of mine and I loved the music that went along with it, the dances and just the bizarreness that it is! I told myself one day I would dress up as Lydia, and heck I wear black so much now that I might as well be her. See, I’ve loved the movie Beetlejuice since I was a little kid. This year we didn’t go out or anything together, but I finally convinced him to dress up with me and make a photoshoot happen! ![]() Kyle and I have had these costumes for a couple years now, but when we got his costume it was delivered after Halloween, so we didn’t get to use it initially and then didn’t dress up last year. Though it took a few years for us to finally dress as Beetlejuice and Lydia, I must say I’m pretty satisfied with how it turned out. Couples who spook together, stay together right? This Beetlejuice and Lydia have been together for a while so it only seems true. ![]()
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