Body of Lies

[satorstyle]

Has anyone else seen Body of Lies? The character Hani played by Mark Strong has some of the best ensembles I've seen of late in a motion picture. Any thoughts?

 

[onetoomany]

I saw it last night. I mentioned it at the theatre and got the ubiquitous "why are you checking out how another guy is dressed?" response from my friends...

But yeah, he was very well dressed the whole movie.

 

[blofeld]

agreed - the suits were nice - but his pocket squares seemed to stick out about 1 inch more than neccessary

 

[laxnate]

I thought Russell Crowe's outfits were much better...

 

[satorstyle]

Originally Posted by laxnate

I thought Russell Crowe's outfits were much better...

Come on.

 

[laxnate]

yeah, i was (obviously) joking. Hani's outfits were looking pretty good. I really liked the DB.

 

[DandySF]

I can imagine a sophisticated Middle Eastern man, such as Hani, wearing the same, slick Continental styles that the movie featured. The credits mentioned the costume people, but they didn't specifically mention the source of the clothing. In fact, I stayed through all the credits hoping to learn a bit more about Hani's wardrobe.

Incidentally, when one of Saddam Hussein's palaces was raided, a number of Corneliani suits were found hanging in his closet.

 

[NiFTY]

yeah i agree, my mate and i both noticed the suits, he was very well dressed. russell crowe looked haggard

 

[shoeme]

According to an interview Mark Strong (Hani) did with EW:

You're impeccably dressed in both films, but your suits in Body of Lies seem to be a cut above.
We went to a very exclusive Savile Row tailor. A Middle Eastern gentleman, a billionaire, had ordered some, paid for them, and I think the story is that he passed away. They were 100 percent what we were after. [The tailor] let us borrow them for the shoot. As we were walking out, he said, ''Hold on a second, I just need to check the buttons. I just want to make sure they're not solid gold.''

 

[aleeboy]

My girl fell head over heels in love with him after that movie... she still talks of it!

 

[TRINI]

BUMP!

Saw this movie this past week and cosign on the Mark Strong praise.

 

[sho'nuff]

i loved the look of Hani in the movie.

he was perfectly outfitted. that navy pinstripe DB was fantastic.

i loved it at the end when Leonardo grabbed his lapels, he was like completely vulnerable, like the look of someone got him by the balls, "hey hey , watch the suit.."

 

[southbound35]

How's the movie, from a purely non-sartorial perspective?

 

[sho'nuff]

the movie was very entertaining. i thought Leonardo acted similar to how he did in The Departed though. like all screaming at the cell phone and such.

i think you should rent it.

Mark Strong wears approximately 6 different suits. all perfectly done.

 

[Zenny]

Yep, great suits. First thing I noticed when I saw the character