screenrant.com: Liza Drake, a single mother and high school dropout, is at the center of the story in Pain Hustlers. As she struggles to support herself and her daughter, she lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical company in an old strip mall in Central Florida. Things take an unexpected turn when sales and Liza's lifestyle begin to skyrocket. However, this new success puts Liza in the hotseat of a federal investigation into a criminal conspiracy.
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I always love reading articles that are essentially just interviews on someone's design process. It really cracks open the egg and lets you see their process and it shows you how almost every designer has a different way to go about it. I especially liked the portion of this transcription when the costume designer talked about the growth of the characters and how their clothes grow and change along with them. As someone who is looking forward to designing sets one day, it is really interesting to see how personal costume designers get to be with their characters. I also admire how this designer was shopping at second-hand stores for costumes because not only was it an excellent way for this designer to achieve the goal of the design but it is also eco-friendly and resourceful. I won't lie though, I am not entirely inclined to see a movie about a bankrupted pharmaceutical company but after looking at the process of the designer I might have to toon in just for that
I saw the trailer of ‘Pain Hustlers’ a while back, and the plot interested me (and so did the cast!). I didn’t know Colleen Atwood was the costume designer for this movie – she’s my favourite costume designer of all time. When reading this article, I was most shocked when she said she didn’t have a lot of time or budget for this movie. I always thought that for someone at her level to work on a film, it must be a huge one with millions of dollars in budget. It makes me wonder why she didn’t have a lot of time – was it because she had to move on to her next project? Or did the production not allocate enough time for her? But it was interesting to learn that she thrifted a lot of the clothing items. I think it makes sense for the characters in the film and is also more eco-friendly for sure.
Pain Hustlers has been on my radar to watch since I saw it pop up on my screen when I opened Netflix the other day. It seems right up my alley as an almost heist-adjacent movie, with the premise being trying to scam doctors into buying basically bogus medicine. I also love Chris Evans and Emily Blunt as actors and have watched many of the projects. One of my favorite movies Chris Evans stars in is called Gifted. I think this article was really interesting and I really enjoy interview style articles where these designers get to talk about their inspiration and process when it comes to their designs. I think that costumes are one of the easiest ways for the audience to understand the characters in a quick manner. Clothes can show if someone cares about how they appear to other people, represent what socio-economic status they have, what they prioritize. And while this is usually through general stereotypes, that is when it becomes interesting to see if designers choose to stick to these conceptions or flip them on its head.
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