The parasol is a bright pop of color against the cream dress. The film starts off (and periodically goes back to) rural poverty: Wherever they moved to film, it was a matter of setting up a work room, a dye room and a wardrobe department in a hired hall.” Senior recalls that the team literally finished the last frock on the last day of the shoot. Costumes were worked out as shooting progressed. “demanding… given the tight six-week shooting schedule, constant moving between locations and budget constraints. While crediting Arrighi’s “artistic direction,” Senior shared various reminiscences for a book called, “ Performance Costume: New Perspectives and Methods.” The project was My producer and I rang the Academy and said that Luciana did the costumes and not Anna, and we got her original drawings and everything, and they said, ‘I’m sorry, we go by the credits on the screen.’ Luci did of course win that Oscar for Howards End for production design” ( Gillian Armstrong: “Film is not a level playing field for women”). She thought that Anna had done such a wonderful job as her right hand person, so she gave her the title of costume designer, and then lo and behold, it was nominated for an Oscar. When we made that little film, which we never thought would actually get out of Australia, Luciana who was also the production designer. Credit for the costume design was given to Anna Senior, who was nominated for an Oscar for her work on this film… but according to an interview with director Gillian Armstrong, it was actually production designer Luciana Arrighi who designed the costumes: The film was directed by legendary director Gillian Armstrong ( Little Women, Oscar and Lucinda) and stars Judy Davis (this was her breakout role – she’s SO YOUNG! in this) and Sam Neill.
As I wrote in my Top 5 Historical Costume Movies for Book Lovers, Sybylla “faces the ultimate choice: love or an independent life of the mind? … Have tissues ready, not because it’s tragic, but because it will resonate so deeply.” Her mother becomes so frustrated that she sends Sybylla to stay with her well-to-do grandmother, where she meets wealthy neighbor Harold and things get complicated. Her family is struggling, which isn’t helped by Sybylla’s determination to be a writer Sybylla, of course, feels misunderstood and like her nascent genius is being wasted. The story focuses on Sybylla, a headstrong, intelligent young woman growing up in rural Australia during one of their worst droughts.
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