Tagged: Get Out

Get Out: Chris’ Plaid Jacket, Henley, and Hoodie

Daniel Kaluuya as Chris Washington in Get Out (2017)

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Daniel Kaluuya as Chris Washington, Brooklyn photographer

Upstate New York, Spring 2016

Film: Get Out
Release Date: February 24, 2017
Director: Jordan Peele
Costume Designer: Nadine Haders

WARNING! Spoilers ahead!

Background

Happy birthday to Daniel Kaluuya, who received his first Academy Award nomination for Jordan Peele’s directorial debut Get Out, released on Kaluuya’s 28th birthday seven years ago today.

Peele won the Oscar for his original screenplay, centered around Brooklyn photographer Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) joining his new girlfriend Rose Armitage (Allison Williams) to meet her parents Dean (Bradley Whitford) and Missy (Catherine Keener) for the first time. Continue reading →

Get Out: Chris’ Blue Denim Neckband Shirt

Daniel Kaluuya as Chris Washington in Get Out (2017)

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Daniel Kaluuya as Chris Washington, Brooklyn photographer

Upstate New York, Spring 2016

Film: Get Out
Release Date: February 24, 2017
Director: Jordan Peele
Costume Designer: Nadine Haders

WARNING! Spoilers ahead!

Background

As today (October 23) has been newly declared National Horror Movie Day, today’s post looks at one of my recent favorites of the genre, the 2017 psychological thriller Get Out.

Filmed in only 23 days from his own Oscar-winning original screenplay, Jordan Peele’s directorial debut follows Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya), a levelheaded black photographer from Brooklyn who accompanies his new girlfriend Rose Armitage (Allison Williams) upstate to meet her family for the first time. Continue reading →