Toreador of the Silver Screen
Absolutely Fabulous (the movie and the tv show) -- But of course, sweetie darling! It's LaCoix, so it has to be fabulous.
All About Eve -- Backstage theatrical manipulations. You're always in for a bumpy ride with Bette Davis.
The Aristocats -- Jazzy felines in France. Everybody wants to be a cat.
Amadeus -- Artistic excess and brilliance and the fight against mediocrity.
Basquiat -- Story of a super-hyped New York street artist, directed by a fellow artists, co-starring everyone from Dennis Hopper to David Bowie (as Andy Warhol, no less!).
Beauty and the Beast -- Either Cocteau or Disney. Story of Arikel and Nosferatu (as alluded to in the Toreador Clanbook).
Bram Stoker's Dracula -- Love never dies.
Breakfast at Tiffany's -- Socialite aspires to greatness, finds love with a kept man (but Audrey Hepburn was a Ventrue at heart).
Cabaret -- Wild musical set in decadent, pre-WWII Berlin.
Casablanca -- You must remember this, a kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is still a sigh...
Cat People -- Luscious Natassia Kinski in a sensuous horror remake.
The Celluloid Closet -- Documentary about Hollywood's treatment of homosexuality.
Clockwork Orange -- The ultraviolence is a little Brujah but sin and depravity mixed to Beethoven? Only Tories can truly enjoy the Suicide Scherzo of the Ninth Symphony!
The Crow -- Stylish, tragic, probably not too deep, but Poseurs deserve the limelight every now and then.
Cyclo -- A Vietnamese poet's tale of desire and upheaval.
Dangerous Liaisons -- Toreador sexual manipulations in the 18th century.
Diva -- A French comedy-thriller about an opera bootlegger.
Dracula -- From the seductive foreigner Bela Lugosi to Frank Langella to Christopher Lee to Gary Oldman. Most every adaption of this classic has emphasized the sexual draw of this courtly vampire. Undoubtably Toreador.
Eddie and the Cruisers -- A rising star who ends up driving off a bridge. Ah, wasted youth!
Edward Scissorhands -- The classic misunderstood artist.
8 1/2 -- Fellini does psychoanalysis on himself and his dreams.
Fame -- Young artists in training. Rather dated, but the ethic is awfully Toreador.
Fantasia -- Classical music comes alive!
Farinelli -- Sensuous tale of the legendary castrato opera singer.
Gigi -- Lovely, decadent, Gallic romp. Fancy costumes, light-hearted music.
Gone With the Wind -- Passion, tragedy, betrayal, devastation, loss. Can't get more melodramatic than this.
Gothic -- Byron, Shelley, and friends tell twisted ghost stories and freak each other out while drinking far too much absinthe.
The Great Gatsby -- Robert Redford version. Vapid rich people try to find love and meaning in life.
Henry & June -- Torrid romance of Henry and June Miller with Anais Nin in decadent pre-war Paris. Also Delta of Venus, one of Nin's tales of a woman's sexual exploration.
The Hunger -- Another obvious choice. But Denuve and Bowie are so elegant, so delicious!
Impromptu -- Reluctant love story of Chopin and the infamous George Sand (AKA Mme. Aurore Dudevant).
Interview With the Vampire -- Forget Tom Cruise, Antonio Bandaras is the prime Toreador in this flick!
La Dolce Vita -- Decadence and hopelessness among the upper-crust of Rome.
The Magic Flute -- Bergman's screen adaptation of Mozart's fantasy opera.
Metropolis -- An experience that turns the senses upside down. Brutal loveliness itself.
Moulin Rouge -- Sex, love, truth, beauty. Can you get any more Toreador?
My Fair Lady -- I could have danced all night...
9 1/2 Weeks -- Complete and unrepentant lust, with strong overtones of dominance and submission.
Orpheus -- Cocteau's poetic take on the ancient Greek tale of lovers and death.
Pandora's Box -- Louise Brooks as an intelligent, amoral hedonist.
Ready to Wear -- Behind the scenes at all the best Paris fashion shows.
Queen Christina -- Garbo plays up her sexy androgyny as a rebellious 17th century Swedish monarch.
Reality Bites -- Generation X ponders if art can survive in a commercialized world.
Ridicule -- A gorgeous portrayal of the quintessential Toreador art of Wit and it's application at the court of France's Louis XVI.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show -- A movie this outrageous, debauched, and degenerate couldn't help but be Toreador!
Saturday Night Fever -- Trashy, yes, but undoubtedly disco and polyester decadence were Toreador habits of the '70s.
The Sheik -- Valentino creates his definitive image as a legendary lover.
Shine -- An artful biography of a child prodigy pianist who goes mad. Possibly a Son of Cacophony?
Singin' in the Rain -- Charming love story wrapped up in great song-and-dance scenes and a silly plot about silent movies and talkies.
Sirens -- Luscious women, a repressed missionary, lots of sexy fun.
A Star is Born -- Judy Garland lives the story of an actress on the rise whose personal live suffers for it.
Swingers -- Stylin' Toreador types show the art of seduction in a comedic yet truthful fashion.
Unzipped -- A year in the absolutely fabulous life of couture designer, Isaac Mizrahi.
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet -- (Yes, the new one.) A mix of strong, eye-candyish pop culture and classic script.
Almost any Rogers & Hammerstein, Busby Berkeley, Bob Fosse, and Ziegfeld Follies type musical with lavish costumes, gigantic dance numbers, romantic tunes, and a minimal, somewhat unbelievable plot.
Anything by the team of Merchant Ivory -- Gorgeous settings, meticulous period recreations, fabulous acting, and Helena Bonham Carter. Who could ask for more?
Every Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers movie -- Let's face the music and dance.
Every movie directed by or featuring Kenneth Bragnah. His Shakespeare is sublime, his comedy is deft, his drama is delicious. A true Renaissance man.
Most anything by David Lynch -- Hey, art doesn't always have to make sense, now does it?
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