Watches have taken their place in the cinema of all countries and peoples almost from the very beginning of its (cinema) invention. Watch the silent film "The Son of the Sheik" in 1926 with Rudolfo Valentino in the title role, pay attention to the Cartier Tank, which is constantly in the frame - the popular actor insisted on this, believing that this watch should be on the hand of his character. Since then, watches, as part of the props or full-fledged "actors" of the movie, have become commonplace.
Storylines and individual episodes are built around the clock - remember Pulp Fiction, Interstellar, any of the Bond films. But in most films, the watch complements the image of the hero, giving him the qualities and characteristics that the director and screenwriter intended - with the approval of the producers. The most interesting thing comes out when it is done subtly and coincides with our perception of the brand and model.
As an example, let's take an episode from The Sopranos: remember when Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) returns from Paris, where he met with "colleagues at work", and brings a Baume & Mercier Hampton watch as a gift to his wife Carmela (Go Falco) - yes, gold, with diamonds around the edges, and even with an engraving on the back - but these are not the most exquisite or expensive ones available to his budget! This model is cheaper than the Rolex that the wife of a gangster wears in everyday life! Definitely, Tony Soprano had the best intentions, but how could he know what is there and how it is arranged in the watch hierarchy - and Baume & Mercier sounds so foreign, in a European way ... A touch to the portrait, definitely.
The Soprano is a thing of the past, James Gandolfini is no longer with us, which is a pity. Let's take a look at the very recent successful "entering the stage" of a completely different watch in a completely different circumstance, the exceptional Richard Mille on Jason Orleans (Jonah Hill)'s hand in Don't Look Up! His RM is exceptional because it is a fake or, more simply, a fake, even though at first glance it may seem that this is a titanium RM 052 “Skull” for $ 500.
If you haven't seen the film yet, then we won't reveal any special secrets, recalling the plot. In the film, two astronomers (Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence) from Michigan State University, while observing the stars, calculate the imminent collision of the Earth with a large comet, as a result of which the planet will be kaput. Scientists go to the White House to warn the President of the United States (Meryl Streep) and try to save the world before it's too late. In the White House, they have to deal with a very unpleasant character - the chief of staff of the president, the son of the president, Jason Orleans.
Jason Orlean, a cynical, goofy, rude and obnoxious sissy (always with his mother's Hermes Birkin bag at the ready), in the face of the destruction of the entire planet, makes a "pep-the-moment" speech in which he prays to the symbols of the wretched material world of luxury, mentioning its important components - "drugs and material things like luxury apartments and watches." That is, before appearing before the creator, he remembers about the watch - a fake Richard Mille is very useful for such an idiot, an excellent prop to reinforce the fullness of character.
If "Don't look up!" If you haven't seen it yet, don't read any further, there will be spoilers. After the long end credits (which is why it's always worth waiting for them to end), we suddenly see Jason Orlean, the only survivor, emerge from the rubble of an underground bunker to the surface of a destroyed planet. On his hand is a fake Mille, in his hands is his mother's Birkin and a fashionable smartphone, on which he records a selfie video. RM is with him, there is no one to brag about. Such a movie with a clock ...
The actor seems to take this approach to revealing the image - in the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street, Jonah Hill (his bastard character) wore a fake Rolex Daytona. Review if you find the time, this time the attention is on the wrist.
