A lot of people have strong feelings about Woody Allen as a man and as an artist. While he disgusts me as a person, I still find myself watching many of his films. I thought Blue Jasmine was excellent, full of amazing performances, nuance, tragedy and humor. I thought Cate Blanchett deserved the Oscar for her tour-de-force performance too. I also thought the costumes stole the show in Blue Jasmine, and it’s worth noting that Woody’s films are always so modestly-budgeted that most of the incredible clothes and jewelry were second-hand, borrowed-and-returned from designers or cheap-o reproductions.

Why bring all of this up? Because these are some photos of Kristen Stewart at work on Woody Allen’s latest film, his first film set in LA since Annie Hall (although Annie Hall only had a few scenes in LA). Judging from the costumes, I’m assuming this still-unnamed film is set around the WWII-era? Like, early to mid-1940s? Maybe. I never would have thought of putting K-Stew in those kinds of period costumes. Kristen as, like, a bobbysoxer? Kristen in culottes? Kristen got this role after auditioning for Woody, which is kind of unusual for the way Woody works – usually, he has an actor in mind, he gives them part of the script and he tells them that he’d like to work with them. The actors almost always say yes.

Meanwhile, Kristen is still muse-ing for Chanel. She’s been modeling for Chanel in various capacities for more than a year now, and Karl Lagerfeld is so enchanted by K-Stew that he’s going to “direct” a film with Kristen in the lead role.

Kristen Stewart, Chanel’s newest campaign model, will star in a film directed by designer Karl Lagerfeld for the French fashion house’s upcoming show. The story, conceived by Lagerfeld, offers a fictional, behind-the-scenes look at a biopic in the making about founder Gabrielle Chanel, WWD reports.

Stewart portrays an actress impersonating the designer as a young woman. Geraldine Chaplin, who has played Chanel in previous Lagerfeld films, is in the movie as well. Lagerfeld filmed the project last month in two days at director Luc Besson’s Paris studio.

Lagerfeld said Stewart “played it really, really mean.” “You only see her in tests and she’s complaining about everything,” he told WWD. “She’s mean with the director; mean with the producer.” Lagerfeld also came up with the dialogue, costumes and casting. “They make so many movies about Chanel, why can’t I make one?” he said. The Métiers d’Arts show, where the Chanel movie debuts, will take place on Dec. 1 in Rome.

[From Variety]

It only took two days to film? Well, it’s not really a short film in the traditional sense, it’s more like a weird art project to help promote Chanel. It will be shown in Rome, but I hope Lagerfeld puts the film online so we can see this “acting.”

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.