I close-ups often cut them, but there are some movies where shoes are really the protagonists. Here is a roundup of unforgettable models that have made the history of cinema.
Cult shoes
How can we forget the vinyl cuissardes of Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman? The brilliant costume designer of the film Marilyn Vance has been able to make the protagonist Vivian an icon of timeless style, both before and after the shopping spree with the credit card of millionaire Edward Lewis. But the boots from the opening scene are really the highlight of the film. Then there are the dancers of Audrey Hepburn: never have a pair of shoes been so tied to a star. He wore them in the film Funny Face (1957) and they were as successful as the film. But it was already in 1954 that the actress had on her feet: they were in suede and with a round toe, signed by the great Florentine shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo.
Shoes "on the head"
Sometimes shoes really play a central role in the film. As in Footloose, the famous musical with Kavin Bacon where the opening credits are accompanied by a sequence of dancing sneakers, sandals, moccasins and lace-ups in full 80's style to the rhythm of the song of the same name by Kenny Loggins. It remains one of the most famous openings in the history of cinema. Like that of the feather that rests at Forrest Gump's feet in the opening scene of the cult film, highlighting his very worn Nikes with which he crossed half of America.
Intruder shoes
While it is famous the frame with the Converse of the masterpiece in costume Marie Antoinette. It is not an oversight: the director Sofia Coppola wanted to immortalize the sneakers among dozens of 700esque shoes as if to say that the queen was still a teenager.
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