Let’s play dress up!
I suppose everyone is expecting a Berlinale post, but I didn´t get to see any of the winning films, so I suppose it´s better to read about Barbara, Tabu, Csak a szél or Cesare deve morire in the newspapers.
Instead I decided to focus this week’s post on something entirely different: carnival. I´m from Cologne, and although it isn´t Rio, carnival is huge there. We dress up, we go to pubs, we dance on the table, and after six crazy days the entire city has one massive hangover. Finding a new costume each year is quite a challenge, and because angels, devils or policemen become boring after a while, people often seek for inspiration in films. Common costumes are cartoon characters like Alice in Wonderland, Snow White, Spiderman or Donald Duck. But there are also great costumes in real life films…