Wednesday, January 07, 2026
Marty Supreme Costumes & Sets: Josh Safdie Perfected Every Detail, From Underwear to Women’s Tights
fandomwire.com: Along with taking his signature high-intensity storytelling to the next level, filmmaker Josh Safdie’s approach to the costume design and aesthetic on Marty Supreme is also something to study. In an interview with Variety, costume designer Miyako Bellizzi revealed how Safdie wanted to capture the essence of the Jewish immigrants’ fashion statements from the ’50s.
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I loved reading this article because when I left the theaters after I saw the film with my mom and dad I looked at them and said “Well I hated that, but hey, the costumes were nice”. I hated the film, it was just overall an extremely unpleasant viewing experience. It more often than not felt chaotic, however not in any sort of intentional way, just hard to really grasp and connect with the story line. I also think the gore for a film like this was unnecessary. I am all for gore, I think it can bring great intensity to a film when done with intention however it did not feel like it was used this way in the film. It felt like it used gore for shock value that really wasn’t needed. I think having to wear contacts to offset the perception of the glasses is really cool because the article mentions it was used to impair him and I wonder how safe that actually is because wearing incorrect prescriptions are not great for your eyes. Anyways, my option is even with the great costumes this is a film that isn’t worth seeing.
I watched Marty Supreme in theaters maybe a week or two ago, and figured I would put my thoughts into a news comment. My first reaction was just that it was a lot. It felt like every second the characters made a choice that I could not rationalize in my head. Normally, I think this would separate me from the story, but this movie had a connection with the human-ness of the characters that I really enjoyed. One of my favorite aspects of film and theater is the focus on characters and the depth of human experience. I feel like it is a way for me to see so many different points of view and ways of living that I could never begin to understand otherwise. If I heard that this guy was betting and murdering and everything else that he did normally, I would instantly think less of him. I would think that his life is so separate from mine. However, by seeing the choices play out, even when I could not justify them myself, they felt real to the characters making them. I don’t know if I can say that I truly liked or did not like this movie, but it did inspire me in some way about how I approach characters. These characters felt real and also like such exaggerated versions of their circumstances.
What a movie. I saw Marty Supreme almost as soon as it came out last year, and though the production itself was pretty brilliant. Though the story had some interesting moments, the sense of production from set to costumes to props was something in this film that kept me in this world of the hustle and bustle of New York in the 50’s. The idea of the director having very specific wants for the costumes just so it fits the character and timeperiod perfectly is interesting to me because I feel like that would be more of a designer's goal. But I do think that because the director already had a vision, it helped to drive the production to be historically accurate. I also think it is really interesting that Timothee had to wear contacts to counterbalance the glasses he was wearing throughout the movies because they wanted to use those glasses to create the character of Marty Mauser.
This is really interesting to read because I watched Marty Supreme one time and was so focused on understanding the very confusing plot that I wasn’t even really paying attention to any of the details. From my first watch I really liked the costumes and thought they played a big role in the movie, making status roles very clear which added so much to the dynamics of the movie. From my understanding of the movie (which might be completely wrong because I didn’t really understand what I was watching half the time) Marty is lower class then most of the people he interacts with throughout the movie and the costumes made this very apparent, and within the supporting characters you could see just through costumes where each person lies on the spectrum of wealth. The costumes for this movie are challenging because Marty is not a wealthy person, yet when he interacts with higher class people he tries to dress up to look more high class to them which seems hard as a designer to find that balance of he's poor but trying to look wealthy in this moment for these people.
JOSH SAFDIE, THE MAN THAT YOU ARE. Uncut Gems had this level of craftsmanship. So did Marty Supreme, even tenfold. As someone who wants to work in both film and theatre, seeing the artistry that directors and costume designers bring to the screen makes me so happy. My experience at Marty Supreme was wild. I loved it, unpopular opinion. I went with two major film nerds, and we spent a long time afterwards talking about all the technical intricacies of Safdie's style. He and his creative team did such an amazing job. Although the movie is confusing at times, and is a scramble to the finish line due to Chalamet's acting, I think it worked! I was a really big fan of the immersion factor of the set and costumes; they were so perfectly thematically and time specific. Especially the little things, like the coats and the shoes. It put me into the world so well.
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