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Monica Bellucci - sesso dea

September 30th 2008 06:07

"My body is so important to me... my face, my arms, my legs, my hands, my eyes, everything. I use everything I have."

Monica Bellucci is without a doubt one of the very sexiest woman ever to slink across the silver screen. But not just in the movies, she also commands every page of every fashion or lifestyle magazine she has ever been spread across. She oozes sex appeal. She has a classic hourglass figure and she radiates an unbridled sensuality.

For a woman about to reach her mid-40s Monica Bellucci is more sexually attractive than most Hollywood starlets half her age. She exudes an arousing confidence and natural carnality without ever seeming crass or sluttish. She is what they call a sex goddess, and she's not afraid to flaunt her perfections.

"I'm not scared by nudity, because for me, nothing is more beautiful than a body. You can have such an amazing emotion from a body. In Irréversible (2002), I treated my body like it was an object and it's great when you can have this kind of relation with your body, it's a part of your job, an object you can work with. When you can have this kind of freedom it's the moment where you can give your best as an actress."

If only Francis Coppola had decided to release Bram Stoker's Dracula as an R-rated movie instead of the frustrating PG-13, the red-blooded movie audiences would have salivated even more at her appearance as a naked Transylvanian bride. However it was in the uncut version of the Italian period drama Malèna from 2000 where she tore the roof off with her blazing beauty in all its nude glory.

Like another Euro goddess, Isabelle Adjani, Monica Bellucci doesn't mind shedding her clothes in the name of art, and like Adjani, she belies her age with her transcendental pulchritude. If there's one person who embodies the true nature of a siren of the big screen, it is Monica Bellucci. I'm sure most men in their right mind would throw themselves into the sea if they saw her beckoning to them, naked on a half-shell.

So here then is the second part to my Monica Bellucci birthday beauty tribute; Monica Bellucci as seductive sex goddess.

Monica Bellucci with husband Vincent Cassel

Monica Bellucci pregnant with daughter Deva

Hubba-hubba-hubba ... Ga-ga-ga-ga-ga ... Dribble, dribble, dribble ... Yes, I'm a mess. But birthday parties are always a little messy, and a little flirtatious too. I'm not going to say much more, because Monica speaks quite eloquently for herself. Don't you think? But, for Style of Eye's sake, if I had to single out a picture for its stylish sex appeal? I love the Venus on the rocks by the sea. Now if that isn't crying out "siren", I don't know what is ... Happy birthday Monica! You rock!!

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Monica Bellucci - sofisticata signora

September 30th 2008 05:35

Monica Bellucci is one of the most sensational-looking women on the planet. In fact she never looks less than stunning. She's the epitome of elegance and poise, sultryness and sassiness. The camera adores her. She embraces fashion with the savvy and sensibility of a designer. She is style personified.

"Beauty becomes alive and interesting when it's habited."

It is her birthday today; September 30th. I thought she was turning the magnificently distinguished age of 40, as numerous online bios for her listed her birth year as 1968, but then I discovered several that listed it as 1964. I double-checked with imdb.com (which is most likely to be correct) and it is 1964. So she's turning 44. Even more incredible. The woman is aging as gracefully as a swan (I'm not sure quite what that means, I made it up, but it sounds poetic!)

Monica is Italian, but she lives in Paris and describes herself as a daughter of Europe. Born in a village known as Città di Castello, in Perugia, Italy, as Monica Anna Maria Bellucci, she studied the legal profession, but modelled on the side whilst attending university. She moved to Milan in 1988 and joined Elite Modelling Agency where she become hot property and enjoyed a successful career until her debut on television in 1990.

Although she featured as one of Dracula's brides in Francis Coppola's movie adaptation of the famous novel, it was in the excellent French dramatic-thriller The Apartment in 1996 which drew her international acclaim. It during this time that she met her future husband actor Vincent Cassel.

So as a tribute to the sublime visual aesthetic that is Monica Bellucci (I'm sure she wouldn't mind me talking about her like she's an l'objet de désir) I'm indulging her beauty in a two-part post: Monica as sophisticated lady and Monica as sex goddess.

Here then is my selection of pics that celebrate Monica Bellucci as sophisticated style icon.

I don't think I need to repeat myself. These images all speak volumes. Every pic is golden. The first three of the main selection are obviously when Monica was barely twenty years old. My, my, my. But if I had to single one out from the beautiful crowd I'd something I'd say "ROAR!!! Those suede knee high boots, that deep woolen top, and that slinky S-shape pose is killing me softly!" What is it with the way Monica touches herself?!

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flags

September 24th 2008 04:46

Flags are generally pretty boring. Certainly National flags are. There are exceptions to the rule, but the usual striped colours are dull to look at. I guess they need to be easily recognised from a distance. Personally the Jolly Roger has always been my pick o’ the bunch, but it’s a rogue naval flag that represents pirates, not a representative cultural icon for a country.

If it’s not two or three bands of colours, then it’s a scattering of stars, or a coat of arms, or a mascot of some description. Where’s the real artistry? They’re nothing to write home about. I suppose there’s some clause on some ancient papyrus that states the “rules of a national flag’s design”. But as I said, there are exceptions to the rule. But not many.

So here is selection of current National flags from around the world that I find pleasing to my style of eye. There’s no xenophobic prejudice here, this is purely based on what I find a cool and attractive combination of colour, line and pattern.

Some of these flags I've liked since I was a boy. I've always found the combination of Germany's black/red/yellow very appealing. The Stars and Stripes have always looked good too. As has Japan's rising sun and Canada's maple leaf. But my favourites would have to be Albania's black coat of arms and Montenegro's golden coat of arms, both in a sea of red (Seems red is the prevalent colour for flags). I really like the juxtaposed lines of Greece's cross and stripes and the Mediterranean-esque colour. I like the dragons of Wales and Bhutan. Of course, one can't forget Nepal's outside the square design. Hats off to them for being so unique, it's a shame the flag is not recognised, so in essence it's inclusion here is a little controversial. But hey, I always root for the underdog!

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movie posters VI - horror!

September 11th 2008 01:17

There’s something about horror movie posters that tickles the hairs on my spine. Perhaps not quite as much as those exploitation movie posters, but still they provide me with a smile and maybe a dangerous glint in my eye.

I’ve picked posters from back in the day, nothing from the here and now. The don’t use the same approach to graphic design these days, it’s all bland as hell. Actually calling them “bland as hell” is being thoughtful, more like “bland as your grandmother’s tea”.

I’m not going to spend more paragraphs re-iterating the reasons why I gravitate toward cult classic graphic design, I just fucking love it (if you'll pardon my French); all those lurid colours and crazy fonts, the suggestive illustrations and wayward concepts, often with little to do with the actually movie (which is probably rubbish anyway).

So, bring on the 2-D flesh and blood! Let the artists heads roll! I want red ink in the aisles! And their bones crushed to make erasers!

Oooo! I feel like a little boy in the magic shop! So many deliciously macabre and darkly colourful delights here! I'm a vampire at heart (staked or not), so I do love the Vampire at Midnight and Dracula Has Risen From His Grave posters. The Deathmaster poster is fantastic though, as is Battle Beyond the Sun. And I have a crimson wet spot for Astro Zombies ... I can see that one on my bathroom wall. I've just noticed there's an animal/insect theme running through my selection. I'm a bit of an arachnophobe, so the posters for The Fly and Kingdom of the Spiders give me a heebie-jeebie perverse thrill! As does the poster for Great White, but I'm sure that one goes without saying!

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