{"id":262535,"date":"2021-05-30T00:16:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T21:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-movies-that-inspired-cruella\/"},"modified":"2021-05-30T00:16:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T21:16:42","slug":"the-movies-that-inspired-cruella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-movies-that-inspired-cruella\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Movies That Inspired Cruella"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25e87e4316e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" 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href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-movies-that-inspired-cruella\/#Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_1937\" >Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-movies-that-inspired-cruella\/#Lifeboat_1944\" >Lifeboat (1944)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-movies-that-inspired-cruella\/#All_About_Eve_1950\" >All About Eve (1950)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-movies-that-inspired-cruella\/#Star_Wars_1977_and_Superman_1978\" >Star Wars (1977) and Superman (1978)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-movies-that-inspired-cruella\/#Jubilee_1978_and_Death_Is_Their_Destiny_1978\" >Jubilee (1978) and Death Is Their Destiny (1978)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-movies-that-inspired-cruella\/#The_Terminator_1984_and_Hook_1991\" >The Terminator (1984) and Hook (1991)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-movies-that-inspired-cruella\/#Oceans_Eleven_2001\" >Ocean\u2019s Eleven (2001)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-movies-that-inspired-cruella\/#The_Devil_Wears_Prada_2006_and_Alice_in_Wonderland_2010\" >The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and Alice in Wonderland (2010)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-movies-that-inspired-cruella\/#Maleficent_2014\" >Maleficent (2014)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-movies-that-inspired-cruella\/#I_Tonya_2017_and_The_Favourite_2018\" >I, Tonya (2017) and The Favourite (2018)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-movies-that-inspired-cruella\/#Westwood_Punk_Icon_Activist_2018_and_McQueen_2018\" >Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist (2018) and McQueen (2018)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-movies-that-inspired-cruella\/#Joker_2018_and_Birds_of_Prey_and_the_Fantabulous_Emancipation_of_One_Harley_Quinn_2020\" >Joker (2018) and Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Movies<\/a> That Inspired Cruella<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.9--><em>Welcome to\u00a0<strong>Movie DNA<\/strong>, a column that recognizes the direct and indirect cinematic roots of both new and classic movies. Learn some film history, become a more well-rounded viewer, and enjoy like-minded works of the past. This entry highlights the movies that inspired or otherwise contributed to the making of Disney\u2019s Cruella.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Do you know the origins of the 2021 Disney movie <em><strong>Cruella<\/strong><\/em>? In 1956, from June through September, <em>Women\u2019s Day\u00a0<\/em>magazine published a serialized fiction story by Dodie Smith (with illustrations by William Pene Dubois) called \u201cThe Great Dog Robbery,\u201d introducing the fur-obsessed, black-and-white-haired character Cruella de Vil. Later that same year, the UK company Heinemann released the same story, retitled <em>The Hundred and One Dalmatians<\/em>, in book form with new illustrations by twin sisters Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone. Viking Press handled the US publication the following year, at which time Walt Disney read the children\u2019s novel (which in magazine form was called \u201ca novel for dogs\u201d) and im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely sought the rights for its adaptation.<\/p>\n<p>The resulting movie, an animated feature, retitled again as <em><strong>One Hundred and One Dalmatians<\/strong><\/em>, opened in theaters in January 1961 with the now furrier-husband-less and Persian-cat-less Cruella de Vil making her cinematic debut as the studio\u2019s reigning new queen of villainy (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1961\/02\/11\/archives\/disney-film-on-dogs.html\">New York Times critic Howard Thompson said<\/a> she \u201cmakes the <em>Snow White<\/em> witch seem like <em>Pollyanna<\/em>\u201c; thirty years later, reviewing the film\u2019s re-release, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/101-dalmatians-1991\">Roger Ebert wrote<\/a>, \u201cshe\u2019s in a league with the Wicked Stepmother and the other great Disney villainesses). Disney remade the movie in live-action form, retitled again as <em><strong>101 Dalmatians<\/strong><\/em>, which was released in 1996 with <strong>Glenn Close<\/strong> portraying Cruella, now essentially the focal character. A sequel, <em>102 Dalmatians<\/em>, followed in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-five years later, Disney spotlights Cruella de Vil again with the live-action <em>Cruella<\/em>, a prequel loosely connected to both the animated original and the 1996 version that reimagines the iconic baddie as an orphan turned thief turned fashion designer in 1970s London. With the character\u2019s origin story now presented on screen and that movie\u2019s most literal origin story laid out easily above, I still want to highlight and recommend more of the specifically cinematic heritage of <em>Cruella<\/em> beyond the obvious. From acknowledged influences to unofficial yet certain precursors with regards to character traits, scenes and set pieces, plot points, tropes, and more, these are the movies that inspired and\/or generated the Disney Villain showcase.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_1937\"><\/span>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-343781\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/snow-white-huntsman-disney.jpg\" alt=\"Snow White Huntsman Disney\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Disney\u2019s original animated feature has as much influence on <em>Cruella<\/em> as the new movie\u2019s literal source material. As recognized in the <em>New York Times<\/em> quote above, the Evil Queen had long been, and somewhat remains to this day, the archetype for Disney Villains. But even if the animated Cruella de Vil was understandably compared to Snow White\u2019s nemesis, who h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened to be her stepmother, she wasn\u2019t that similar to the earlier baddie. In <em>Cruella<\/em>, however, The Baroness (Emma Thompson) has traces of the Evil Queen in the way she orders the death of her own child due to her narcissistic jealousy. And she has a henchman who can\u2019t carry through with killing the girl. In the original fairytale, the Evil Queen was actually Snow White\u2019s biological mother.<\/p>\n<p><em>Available to stream on Disney+.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lifeboat_1944\"><\/span>Lifeboat (1944)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-352973\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lifeboat.jpg\" alt=\"Lifeboat\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Another quote from Howard Thompson\u2019s <em>New York Times<\/em> review of <em>One Hundred and One Dalmatians<\/em> likens the animated Cruella de Vil to \u201ca sadistic Auntie Mame, drawn by Charles Addams and with a <strong>Tallulah Bankhead<\/strong> bass.\u201d As it turns out, Bankhead was one of the literal inspirations for the look of the character, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/ct-xpm-1991-07-24-9103220408-story.html\">according to Marc Davis<\/a>, the animator responsible for her design \u2014 Bette Davis and Rosalind Russell were two others, though the official model was character actress Mary Wickes.<\/p>\n<p>But Cruella\u2019s voice may have been coincidentally like Bankhead\u2019s due to actual Cruella voice actor Betty Lou Gerson being raised in Alabama, same as Bankhead. \u201cWe both had phony English accents on top of our Southern accents and a great deal of flair. So our voices came out that way,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1991-07-20-ca-2074-story.html\">Gerson told the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> in 1991<\/a>. Still, <em>Cruella<\/em> pays homage to the myth of Bankhead being a vocal inspiration by having Emma Stone\u2019s incarnation of the character see Bankhead laughing in Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s <em><strong>Lifeboat<\/strong><\/em> on television and emulating it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Available to rent.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"All_About_Eve_1950\"><\/span>All About Eve (1950)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-358403\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/all-about-eve-1.jpg\" alt=\"All About Eve\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/all-about-eve-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/all-about-eve-1-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As previously mentioned, the animated Cruella de Vil was also inspired by Rosalind Russell, apparently specifically in the 1958 adaptation of <em>Auntie Mame<\/em>, and Bette Davis, apparently specifically in <em><strong>All About Eve<\/strong><\/em>. I can\u2019t really find more than a fan wiki source for those films being involved with the inspiration for Marc Davis\u2019 characterization of the <em>One Hundred and One Dalmatians<\/em> villain, but All About Eve does have two connections worthy of mention. The first is that Tallulah Bankhead believed Davis\u2019 character, Margo Channing, was based on her in the original short story (\u201cThe Wisdom of Eve\u201d) and that Davis was purposefully imitating her as well in the portrayal. Neither is certain, but Bankhead did also play the role in a 1952 radio play.<\/p>\n<p>The other connection is the presumed influence of <em>All About Eve<\/em> on the screenplay for <em>Cruella<\/em>, which creates a back story for the titular villain in which she\u2019s the fan turned mentee of a famous fashion designer but then becomes the industry veteran\u2019s rival and eventual successor. It\u2019s a loose parallel to the story of <em>All About Eve<\/em>, in which a young actress is mentored by her idol, a Broadway star (Davis\u2019 Margo Channing), before becoming her rival and then surpassing her in notoriety. There are plenty of other movies inspired by\u00a0<em>All About Eve\u00a0<\/em>worth checking out as a bridge to\u00a0<em>Cruella\u00a0<\/em>as well, such as <em><strong>Showgirls<\/strong><\/em> (1996), <em><strong>Love Crime<\/strong><\/em> (2010), and <em><strong>The Neon Demon<\/strong><\/em> (2016), which is set in the fashion world but focused on models rather than designers.<\/p>\n<p><em>Available to rent.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Star_Wars_1977_and_Superman_1978\"><\/span>Star Wars (1977) and Superman (1978)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-350797\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Star-Wars.jpg\" alt=\"Star Wars\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>These two highly influential blockbuster movies arrived toward the end of the 1970s (the presumed time period of <em>Cruella<\/em>), and they clearly continue to inform Hollywood storytelling today. With <em><strong>Star Wars<\/strong><\/em>, you have the orphan hero who believes the Big Bad killed his parent but (as is revealed later in its sequel, 1980\u2019s <em><strong>The Empire Strikes Back<\/strong><\/em>), it turns out the Big Bad is in fact their true biological parent. In both <em>Star Wars<\/em> and <em>Cruella<\/em>, the orphan hero\u2019s adoptive parent(s) is\/are murdered through the command of the villain, too. Having young Estella\/Cruella witness her \u201cmother\u2019s\u201d death as intentionally caused by the Baroness also evokes the scene in <em>Star Wars<\/em> where Luke Skywalker sees his mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi struck down by Darth Vader.<\/p>\n<p>As for <em><strong>Superman<\/strong><\/em>, the prototypical superhero movie starring Christopher Reeve as the titular DC Comics character is felt in the duality of Cruella and the silly but allowed manner in which nobody, not even those very close to her, recognizes Cruella as being Estella in barely a veiled difference in appearance. The whole Superman\/Clark Kent dynamic isn\u2019t specific to this movie, of course, as it\u2019s an element of the comic books and had already been an element of previous screen versions of the character. And the way that Cruella\/Estella has a connection at a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paper is as much akin to <strong><em>Spider-Man<\/em><\/strong> as it is to <em>Superman<\/em> given that Anita Darling is a photojournalist taking pics of the mysterious Cruella as well as a columnist. But given the timing, the movie fits.<\/p>\n<p><em>Available to stream on Disney+ and HBO Max, respectively.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jubilee_1978_and_Death_Is_Their_Destiny_1978\"><\/span>Jubilee (1978) and Death Is Their Destiny (1978)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-365495 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/jubilee.jpeg\" alt=\"Jubilee inspired Cruella\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/jubilee.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/jubilee-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no telling when precisely <em>Cruella<\/em> is supposed to take place, but the setting is somewhat informed by the UK punk rock scene of the 1970s, as centered around London\u2019s King\u2019s Road. By 1978, the punk movement was already getting too big and trendy, and Derek Jarman\u2019s provocative cult classic <em><strong>Jubilee<\/strong><\/em> arrived at the time to showcase and also critically exploit the scene, featuring real punk icons as well as characters allegedly based on others, including punk fashion designer <strong>Vivienne Westwood<\/strong>. <em>Jubilee<\/em> spawned a lifelong feud between Jarman and Westwood, who also definitely inspired the main character\u2019s portrayal in <em>Cruella<\/em>. Westwood <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/walkerart.org\/magazine\/punking-out-derek-jarman-and-vivienne-westwood-on-jubilee\">famously slammed the film through fashion<\/a>, which is surely something Cruella would have done, too.<\/p>\n<p>Westwood herself makes an appearance in the short documentary <em><strong>Death Is Their Destiny<\/strong><\/em>, which has become a significant historical record of the King\u2019s Road punk scene at the time. It features Super 8 footage shot by Philip Munnoch, a.k.a. Captain Zip, who also made the more fashion-focused punk films <em><strong>Don\u2019t Dream It \u2013 See It<\/strong><\/em> (1978) and <em><strong>We\u2019re No Angels<\/strong><\/em> (1979) as he continued these punk rock home movies for a few years. I could go on and on about other relevant chronicles of the scene and the music, from 1977\u2019s <em><strong>Punk in London<\/strong><\/em> and Julien Temple\u2019s many early Sex Pistols docs to Don Letts\u2019 <em><strong>The Punk Rock Movie<\/strong><\/em> (1978) and beyond. But you can find the most essential recommendations in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www2.bfi.org.uk\/news-opinion\/news-bfi\/features\/hidden-history-uk-punks-11-films\">a comprehensive BFI list published in 2016<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jubilee is available to stream on HBO Max and The Criterion Channel.\u00a0<\/em><em>Death Is Their Destiny is available to stream on the BFI Player in the UK.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Terminator_1984_and_Hook_1991\"><\/span>The Terminator (1984) and Hook (1991)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-365496\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hoskins-hook.jpg\" alt=\"Hoskins Hook inspired Cruella\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hoskins-hook.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hoskins-hook-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Two more major Hollywood studio movies that have nothing in common except for <em>Cruella<\/em> having nods to both. <em><strong>The Terminator<\/strong><\/em> is not an acknowledged homage, but despite the fact that these things sometimes happen in real life, Cruella driving a garbage truck into the front of a police station is just too reminiscent of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/X3DU-7a8mP0\">the similar crash attack<\/a> by the T-1000 in James Cameron\u2019s sci-fi thriller to not be intentional. As for <em><strong>Hook<\/strong><\/em>, Steven Spielberg\u2019s live-action fantasy film \u2014 set after the events of the <em>Peter Pan<\/em> story as depicted in a Disney animated film, so it\u2019s like the opposite of what the prequel <em>Cruella<\/em> is doing \u2014 has been named in connection to <strong>Paul Walter Hauser<\/strong>\u2018s portrayal of Horace. Specifically, he says he modeled his accent on Bob Hoskins as Smee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI studied Bob Hoskins quite a bit in preparation for this role,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/paul-walter-hauser-cruella-disney-1234960351\/\">Hauser told The Hollywood Reporter in a recent interview<\/a>. \u201cI was given two options by the dialect coach Neil Swain; he said to me, \u2018Do you want to go for a Bob Hoskins or a Ray Winstone?\u2019\u2026 and I couldn\u2019t shake Bob Hoskins as Smee from the movie <em>Hook<\/em>. I just felt like that was dead on and what I had to do. So I studied that, I did it and I\u2019m happy really, really happy with how it turned out. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s perfect, but it\u2019ll fool some people who don\u2019t know my work very well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Available to stream on Amazon Prime and Netflix, respectively.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-361222\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/next-page.jpg\" alt=\"Next Page\" width=\"364\" height=\"99\"\/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Oceans_Eleven_2001\"><\/span>Ocean\u2019s Eleven (2001)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-365497\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/oceans-eleven-pitt.jpeg\" alt=\"Oceans Eleven inspired Cruella\" width=\"800\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/oceans-eleven-pitt.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/oceans-eleven-pitt-768x319.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Steven Soderbergh\u2019s <em><strong>Ocean\u2019s Eleven<\/strong><\/em> is one of the few movies that <em>Cruella<\/em> director Craig Gillespie looked at while making his new movie. \u201cI actually gravitated toward the <em>Ocean\u2019s Eleven<\/em> look with the heist stuff,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/cruella-director-interview\/\">he told Slashfilm<\/a>, \u201cand how to tell that story in a film and how much the audience needs to understand what the plot is or be ahead of or behind it\u2026I didn\u2019t do much in the way of research outside of the plot design of <em>Ocean\u2019s Eleven<\/em> on this.\u201d He even goes so far as to mention the movie again as the only thing he can think of to watch alongside<em> Cruella<\/em>. But you could also very well add the female-centric spinoff <em><strong>Ocean\u2019s Eight<\/strong><\/em> (2018) since one of its main characters is a fashion designer and its heist is at a major fashion event: the Met Gala.<\/p>\n<p><em>Available to stream on HBO Max.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Devil_Wears_Prada_2006_and_Alice_in_Wonderland_2010\"><\/span>The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and Alice in Wonderland (2010)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-365498\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/devil-wears-prada.jpg\" alt=\"Devil Wears Prada inspired cruella\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/devil-wears-prada.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/devil-wears-prada-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The most obvious and common movie referenced in comparison to <em>Cruella<\/em>, since our very first look at the Disney feature through its reviews and audience reactions is <em><strong>The Devil Wears Prada<\/strong><\/em>. Emma Thompson\u2019s Baroness is the Miranda Priestly (played by Meryl Streep and based on\u00a0<em>Vogue<\/em> editor Anna Wintour) to Cruella\u2019s Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway, portraying the character based on the source material\u2019s author, Lauren Weisberger) in a similar story about an extremely difficult and oppressive boss in the fashion world. Gillespie has even admitted the influence, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/cruella-director-influences-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">telling Radio Times<\/a> that Cruella is \u201csort of like the<em>\u00a0Joker<\/em>, <em>Devil Meet Prada<\/em> [sic] and <em>Ocean\u2019s Eleven<\/em>, sort of all tied up together!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Okay, but maybe you need to also watch Tim Burton\u2019s <em><strong>Alice in Wonderland<\/strong><\/em> afterward. Not because it\u2019s another Disney live-action reimagining of the studio\u2019s own animated classics (that began the current trend even) but because it features Hathaway in perhaps a more Cruella-like role than Andy\u2019s meeker Estella type. While it\u2019s not something I\u2019d necessarily think of, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110408024356\/http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/home\/permalink\/?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20100201007478&amp;newsLang=en\">Hathaway claimed<\/a> of her take on the non-villain White Queen, \u201cShe is a punk-rock, vegan pacifist. So I listened to a lot of Blondie, I watched a lot of Greta Garbo movies\u2026then a little bit of Norma Desmond got thrown in there, too.\u201d Punk, Debbie Harry, and Old Hollywood film actresses? Sounds like the recipe for Emma Stone\u2019s Cruella.<\/p>\n<p><em>Available to stream on Amazon Prime and Disney+, respectively.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Maleficent_2014\"><\/span>Maleficent (2014)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-346110\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Maleficent-1.jpg\" alt=\"Maleficent\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I could highlight a number of the Disney live-action remakes in relation to <em>Cruella<\/em>. Emma Thompson was previously in <em><strong>Beauty and the Beast<\/strong><\/em> (2017), and Cate Blanchett\u2019s Lady Tremaine in <em><strong>Cinderella<\/strong><\/em> (2015) is similarly inspired by Old Hollywood divas. But while Disney had already done the villain-is-the-star thing with the live-action <em>101 Dalmatians<\/em>, the <em>Sleeping Beauty<\/em>-based <em><strong>Maleficent<\/strong><\/em> was the precursor to <em>Cruella<\/em>\u2018s idea to do a Disney Villain origin story in which the audience is made to empathize with this misunderstood and wronged woman who had been exaggerated and misrepresented as pure evil in cartoon form. Cruella is not quite let off the hook as Angelina Jolie\u2019s Maleficent is, even if teases of future canicide can be taken as dark humor.<\/p>\n<p><em>Available to stream on SyFy.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"I_Tonya_2017_and_The_Favourite_2018\"><\/span>I, Tonya (2017) and The Favourite (2018)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-323289\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/tonya.jpg\" alt=\"Tonya\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/tonya.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/tonya-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/tonya-1090x613.jpg 1090w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Typically, I like to avoid the inclusion of previous works by cast and crew of the movie in focus because past experiences of any kind are always going to directly influence present experiences, consciously or not. But these two movies are just too significant to ignore. <em><strong>I, Tonya<\/strong><\/em> is Craig Gillespie\u2019s prior feature as a director, and it\u2019s also an empathetic portrait of a woman with a villainous reputation. The difference is that its main character, figure skater Tonya Harding, is a real person, infamously remembered for her rivalry with Nancy Kerrigan and her association with the men who attacked Kerrigan in 1994. <em>I, Tonya<\/em> is also notable for giving <em>Cruella<\/em> co-star Paul Walter Hauser his breakout role, as Harding cohort (almost her own Horace) Shawn Eckardt.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Favourite<\/strong><\/em> is the prior feature co-scripted by <strong>Tony McNamara<\/strong>, who is one of five writers who contributed to (and one of two credited with authoring) the <em>Cruella<\/em> screenplay. The 18th-century-set historical comedy also stars Emma Stone in an Oscar-nominated role as a servant to a powerful yet irrational royal pain. She also develops a rivalry with another woman in her place of work. The parallels between the two films aren\u2019t striking, but there are some relatable character dynamics for sure. I\u2019ve seen it said that Stone\u2019s work in <em>The Favourite<\/em> proved she was apt for the part in <em>Cruella<\/em>, which is a shame since the former is one-hundred-and-one-times the better film. <em>Cruella<\/em> hair and makeup designer <strong>Nadia Stacey<\/strong> also worked on <em>The Favorite<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Available to stream on Hulu and to rent, respectively.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Westwood_Punk_Icon_Activist_2018_and_McQueen_2018\"><\/span>Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist (2018) and McQueen (2018)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-365499\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/McQueen-Tribeca-Bleecker-Street.jpeg\" alt=\"Mcqueen Tribeca Bleecker Street\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/McQueen-Tribeca-Bleecker-Street.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/McQueen-Tribeca-Bleecker-Street-768x513.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Two of the biggest inspirations for the look of <em>Cruella<\/em>, specifically <strong>Jenny Beavan<\/strong>\u2018s scene-stealing costume design, were fashion designers Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen. Coincidentally, both of them had great documentary features released in the summer of the same year. Lorna Tucker\u2019s <em><strong>Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist<\/strong><\/em> offers something of a biographical primer on its subject, though Westwood herself is not a fan of the film as a representation of her life and work (especially the \u201cactivist\u201d part of the title). Ian Bonh\u00f4te and Peter Ettedgui\u2019s <em><strong>McQueen<\/strong><\/em> is a more fascinating and compelling and cinematic documentary about its late subject. And possibly even more relevant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom a character standpoint it was Alexander McQueen for me,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/movies\/story\/2021-05-28\/cruella-disney-fashion-costume-design-punk\">Gillespie told the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a>. \u201cHis rebellion against the establishment and the shock value of his shows and the creative outrageousness of some of his work. I felt like that was very much in character with what Cruella was trying to do. It\u2019s obviously not like anything that he was doing, but the aggressiveness of the pop-up [fashion shows] she does throughout the film is similar. And being able to create her own narrative with the press was something I took inspiration from with McQueen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Available to stream on Kanopy and Hulu, respectively.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Joker_2018_and_Birds_of_Prey_and_the_Fantabulous_Emancipation_of_One_Harley_Quinn_2020\"><\/span>Joker (2018) and Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-345996\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Joker27.jpg\" alt=\"Joker\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Everyone had jokes about how <em>Cruella<\/em> looked like Disney\u2019s take on <em><strong>Joker<\/strong><\/em>, but as seen in a quote from a Radio Times interview above, Craig Gillespie acknowledges the likeness if not the influence. Why wouldn\u2019t someone want to be compared to the DC Comics villain origin story anyway, given that it was nominated for eleven Oscars, including Best Picture, and won two, including Best Actor for star Joaquin Phoenix? Disney rarely seems to care about awards recognition, but I don\u2019t think they\u2019d mind one of their live-action redos having that sort of respect from the industry. Alas, <em>Cruella<\/em> can only really expect nominations for costumes and makeup\/hair. How funny\/sad would it be, though, if Stone won an Oscar for playing Cruella de Vil instead of Glenn Close?<\/p>\n<p>You could think of other DC movies as precursors to <em>Cruella<\/em>, too, since she has a bit of the Bruce Wayne\/Batman complex of revolving her life\u2019s work around the death of her parent and taking on a double life as a mysterious figure \u2014 one who makes cool clothes and causes a bit of competitive mischief rather than one who makes cool clothes and gadgets and goes after criminals vigilante-style. Burton\u2019s <em><strong>Batman<\/strong><\/em> (1989) also has the coincidence of the main villain being the one who killed the parent. But last year\u2019s <em><strong>Birds of Prey<\/strong><\/em> makes the most sense since Margot Robbie\u2019s Harley Quinn is an easy antihero model for Cruella, from her voiceover narration to her rebellious personality to her fashion sense. It\u2019s like Cruella is the Joker and Harley\u2019s love child.<\/p>\n<p><em>Available to stream on HBO Max.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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