Sedona News – Enjoy the Sedona premiere of “Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion” and a Q&A with the renowned, award-winning costume designer and fashion icon on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 4 p.m. at the Sedona Performing Arts Center.
Go behind the scenes of Bob Mackie’s illustrious career with a look back at the styles that have adorned the “who’s who” of the entertainment world on stage, screen and red carpets!
“Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion” showcases the six-decade career of the award-winning costume designer. And like his costumes, Bob is wholly unique and unfiltered, which makes for a compelling and candid subject.
The film examines Bob’s unique upbringing, those whom he has held dear within his inner circle, and the familial surprises in his life that have all contributed to the optimism and audacity present in his work.
Quixotic Endeavors was given access to the full Bob Mackie archive, which has been meticulously kept and curated with many rare and unseen artifacts, including the outfits that didn’t make the cut. We also capture the over-the-top costumes as they get sequined and beaded from sketch to stage. Specific highlights include some of the soon-to-be lost art methods by old-world artisans that help make each outfit Mackie conjures something to behold and remember.
The documentary feature includes original interviews with Bob Mackie clients and collaborators, along with those he has inspired — designers, stylists, comedians and actors — as well as Bob’s first-person account of some of his most iconic looks from The Carol Burnett Show’s Startlett O’Hara dress to Cher’s 1986 Academy Awards look with feathered headdress and Tina Turner’s iconic concert costumes.
Bob Mackie is a truly peerless and timeless costume designer, with interviews from Cher to Pink, to Tom Ford and Miley Cyrus, to Rupaul and Carol Burnett a testament to that fact.
This special film festival premiere is sponsored by Kealyn’s Kloset.
“Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion” will premiere at the Sedona Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 4 p.m. Tickets are $18 General Admission or $15 for Sedona Film Festival Members.
For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.