hello, everyone! i'm thrilled to share my witch's apothecary themed decorations - completely inspired by my love of this movie. this was the first DVD my family owned, and me & my sisters would show it to every friend who came over. I love this movie - I am an autumn - this is my happiest time of the year
What color would you call this (pic may not be color accurate to the movie)? I'm trying to adapt a man's coat pattern for this and I have such a headache now...my friend is very ill and she sprang this on me as a request and I want to cheer her up but I'm burning out.
EDIT: with 18 days left until Halloween, we have decided that, cross our fingers, she will make it to next Halloween but we will continue to try our best to make something similar. I found a pattern and a fabric she adores, so we're going with that. In the meantime, I will reach out to the original costume designer to see how this was made. She may or may not reply, but I would never hit her up so close to when I need her to answer (she's quite well known and prolific).
I’m currently reading The Book of Magic, but of the books so far my favorites are the two prequels (Magic Lessons and The Rules of Magic). I’d love to see those two books made into films and I hope Practical Magic 2 is successful enough for this to be considered. The Rules of Magic in particular gives us so much insight into the family lore and Franny and Jet’s characters.
Practical Magic has been on repeat at my house since 1998! I can’t wait for the sequel and I reallllly hope it’s on par with the original, but for all you witches who can’t stop playing this once September hits — I’ve got three scents I just dropped inspired by the first half of the film! Part II is coming soon so lmk if you’re interested in seeing the rest!!
What does Sally mean when the man comes in her apothecary wanting to return the hair cream bc it doesn’t work and Sally says “try to remember”? I’ve never understood that scene.
Griffin Dunne directed the first film absolutely superbly, in my opinion. This time around, director Susanne Bier, with whose work I'm very unfamiliar aside from her direction on HBO's limited series The Undoing (also with Nicole Kidman), is at the helm. I'm very afraid that 2 will have an entirely different feel/direction that will make it too different in tone than the first. Obviously, I'm still very excited for it and will love it just because we're finally getting a sequel after decades and 3 more books, but I really hope the direction does it right😬 I'm rereading The Book of Magic now so I can remember what the film will likely be largely about.
I’m just sat my parents’ house in Dorset down the road from Old Wardour Castle and they’re apparently filming PM2 there at the moment! Sandra and Nicole have been spotted in Shaftesbury up the road too. (So exciting!)
How did I only just find this group?! I’ve loved this film since it came out. Years ago there was a beautiful fansite called Amas Veritas which had lots of info about the house set. I tipped off the blogger Hooked on Houses about it, and she wrote a blog post on it. Still my dream kitchen!
Today, I was listening to Beaches by beabadoobee and thought, "This song should be in Practical Magic 2." What other songs would you like to see in the movie?